WEBVTT NOTE This file was generated by Descript 00:00:00.030 --> 00:00:02.950 Malcom: Welcome To Immerse: The Daily Bible Reading Experience. 00:00:03.083 --> 00:00:04.123 Day 100 and 8 00:00:04.310 --> 00:00:09.020 then Moses led the people of Israel away from the Red Sea, and they 00:00:09.020 --> 00:00:11.150 moved out into the desert of shore. 00:00:11.900 --> 00:00:15.650 They traveled in this desert for three days without finding any water. 00:00:16.430 --> 00:00:22.160 When they came to the Oasis of Mera, the water was too bitter to drink, so they 00:00:22.160 --> 00:00:25.160 called the place Mera, which means bitter. 00:00:26.375 --> 00:00:29.135 Then the people complained and turned against Moses. 00:00:29.645 --> 00:00:31.145 What are we going to drink? 00:00:31.355 --> 00:00:35.645 They demanded, so Moses cried out to the Lord for help and the 00:00:35.645 --> 00:00:37.325 Lord showed him a piece of wood. 00:00:38.015 --> 00:00:42.215 Moses threw it into the water, and this made the water good to drink. 00:00:43.265 --> 00:00:47.705 It was there at Mara that the Lord set before them the following 00:00:47.705 --> 00:00:51.215 decree as a standard to test their faithfulness to him. 00:00:51.785 --> 00:00:52.475 He said. 00:00:53.240 --> 00:00:57.680 If you will listen carefully to the voice of the Lord your God, and do 00:00:57.680 --> 00:01:03.140 what is right in his sight, obeying his commands and keeping all his decrees, 00:01:03.560 --> 00:01:08.570 then I will not make you suffer any of the diseases I sent on the Egyptians 00:01:09.080 --> 00:01:11.420 for I am the Lord who heals you 00:01:14.300 --> 00:01:15.770 after leaving Mera. 00:01:16.310 --> 00:01:20.720 The Israelites traveled onto the Oasis of Elam, where they found 00:01:20.720 --> 00:01:23.330 12 springs and 70 palm trees. 00:01:23.960 --> 00:01:26.270 They camped there beside the water. 00:01:28.550 --> 00:01:32.600 Then the whole community of Israel set out from Elam and 00:01:32.600 --> 00:01:37.760 journeyed into the wilderness of sin between Elam and Mount Sinai. 00:01:38.660 --> 00:01:43.340 They arrived there on the 15th day of the second month, one month 00:01:43.370 --> 00:01:45.230 after leaving the land of Egypt. 00:01:46.070 --> 00:01:46.910 There too. 00:01:47.300 --> 00:01:51.020 The whole community of Israel complained about Moses and Aaron. 00:01:52.370 --> 00:01:57.170 If only the Lord had killed us back in Egypt, they moaned there. 00:01:57.170 --> 00:02:01.160 We set around pots filled with meat and ate all the bread we wanted. 00:02:01.700 --> 00:02:05.720 But now you have brought us into this wilderness to starve us all to death. 00:02:07.040 --> 00:02:11.690 Then the Lord said to Moses, look, I'm going to reign down 00:02:11.690 --> 00:02:12.980 food from heaven for you. 00:02:13.850 --> 00:02:18.620 Each day the people can go out and pick up as much food as they need for that day. 00:02:19.520 --> 00:02:24.200 I will test them in this to see whether or not they will follow my instructions. 00:02:24.980 --> 00:02:29.450 On the sixth day, they will gather food and when they prepare it, there 00:02:29.450 --> 00:02:31.550 will be twice as much as usual. 00:02:32.840 --> 00:02:37.640 So Moses and Aaron said to all the people of Israel, by evening, you 00:02:37.640 --> 00:02:41.360 will realize it was the Lord who brought you out of the land of Egypt. 00:02:42.245 --> 00:02:45.725 In the morning, you will see the glory of the Lord because he 00:02:45.725 --> 00:02:49.745 has heard your complaints, which are against him, not against us. 00:02:50.585 --> 00:02:53.105 What have we done that you should complain about us. 00:02:53.735 --> 00:02:58.445 Then Moses added, the Lord will give you meat to eat in the evening and bread to 00:02:58.445 --> 00:03:02.855 satisfy you in the morning for he has heard all your complaints against him. 00:03:03.545 --> 00:03:04.655 What have we done? 00:03:05.225 --> 00:03:09.155 Yes, your complaints are against the Lord, not against us. 00:03:10.520 --> 00:03:15.380 Then Moses said to Aaron, announce this to the entire community of Israel. 00:03:15.980 --> 00:03:20.150 Present yourselves before the Lord, for he has heard your complaining. 00:03:21.080 --> 00:03:25.130 And as Aaron spoke to the whole community of Israel, they looked 00:03:25.130 --> 00:03:26.600 out toward the wilderness. 00:03:27.110 --> 00:03:30.590 There they could see the awesome glory of the Lord in the cloud. 00:03:32.210 --> 00:03:37.325 Then the Lord said to Moses, I have heard the Israelites complaints. 00:03:37.895 --> 00:03:42.995 Now tell them in the evening you will have meat to eat and in the morning 00:03:43.025 --> 00:03:44.825 you will have all the bread you want. 00:03:45.365 --> 00:03:48.275 Then you will know that I am the Lord your God. 00:03:50.405 --> 00:03:54.365 That evening, that numbers of quail flew in and covered the 00:03:54.365 --> 00:03:58.385 camp and the next morning the area around the camp was wet with dew. 00:03:59.360 --> 00:04:04.940 When the dew evaporated a flaky substance as finest, frost blanketed the ground. 00:04:05.720 --> 00:04:08.120 The Israelites were puzzled when they saw it. 00:04:08.900 --> 00:04:09.620 What is it? 00:04:09.920 --> 00:04:11.030 They asked each other? 00:04:11.630 --> 00:04:17.240 They had no idea what it was, and Moses told, told them, it is the 00:04:17.240 --> 00:04:19.490 food the Lord has given you to eat. 00:04:20.060 --> 00:04:21.890 These are the Lord's instructions. 00:04:22.520 --> 00:04:25.730 Each household should gather as much as it needs. 00:04:26.060 --> 00:04:28.670 Pick up two courts for each person in your tent. 00:04:29.900 --> 00:04:32.450 So the people of Israel did, as they were told. 00:04:33.140 --> 00:04:37.460 Some, gathered a lot, some only a little, but when they measured 00:04:37.460 --> 00:04:40.220 it out, everyone had just enough. 00:04:41.120 --> 00:04:45.020 Those who gathered a lot, had nothing left over, and those who 00:04:45.020 --> 00:04:47.030 gathered only a little had enough. 00:04:47.810 --> 00:04:50.060 Each family had just what it needed. 00:04:51.050 --> 00:04:57.350 Then Moses told them, do not keep any of it until mourning, but some of 00:04:57.350 --> 00:05:02.300 them didn't listen and kept some of it until mourning, but by then it was full 00:05:02.305 --> 00:05:04.520 of maggots and had a terrible smell. 00:05:05.240 --> 00:05:07.280 Moses was very angry with them. 00:05:08.300 --> 00:05:11.840 After this, the people gathered the food mourning by mourning each, each 00:05:11.840 --> 00:05:17.600 family according to its need, and as the sun became hot, the flakes they had 00:05:17.600 --> 00:05:19.970 not picked up, melted and disappeared. 00:05:20.900 --> 00:05:26.300 On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much as usual, four courts 00:05:26.300 --> 00:05:28.280 for each person instead of two. 00:05:29.030 --> 00:05:33.560 Then all the leaders of the community came and asked Moses for an explanation. 00:05:34.250 --> 00:05:37.760 He told them, this is what the Lord commanded. 00:05:38.300 --> 00:05:40.730 Tomorrow will be a day of complete rest. 00:05:41.090 --> 00:05:43.730 A Holy Sabbath day set apart for the Lord. 00:05:44.330 --> 00:05:50.000 So bake or boil as much as you want today and set aside what is left for tomorrow. 00:05:51.290 --> 00:05:56.540 So they put some aside until morning, just as Moses had commanded and in the 00:05:56.540 --> 00:06:01.220 morning the leftover food was wholesome and good without maggots or odor. 00:06:02.060 --> 00:06:03.050 Moses said. 00:06:03.680 --> 00:06:05.150 Eat this food today. 00:06:05.630 --> 00:06:09.110 For today is a Sabbath day dedicated to the Lord. 00:06:09.740 --> 00:06:12.200 There will be no food on the ground today. 00:06:12.650 --> 00:06:17.360 You may gather the food for six days, but the seventh day is the Sabbath. 00:06:18.140 --> 00:06:20.630 There will be no food on the ground that day. 00:06:22.160 --> 00:06:26.660 Some of the people went out anyway on the seventh day, but they found no food. 00:06:27.470 --> 00:06:28.760 The Lord asked Moses. 00:06:29.540 --> 00:06:34.490 How long will these people refuse to obey my commands and instructions? 00:06:35.210 --> 00:06:38.930 They must realize that the Sabbath is the Lord's gift to you. 00:06:39.380 --> 00:06:44.090 That is why he gives you a two day supply on the sixth day, so there will be 00:06:44.090 --> 00:06:48.020 enough for two days on the Sabbath day. 00:06:48.020 --> 00:06:50.120 You must each stay in your place. 00:06:50.630 --> 00:06:55.700 Do not go out to pick up food on the seventh day, so the people did not 00:06:55.700 --> 00:06:57.680 gather any food on the seventh day. 00:06:58.535 --> 00:07:00.815 The Israelites called the food manna. 00:07:01.505 --> 00:07:05.585 It was white like coriander seed, and it tasted like honey wafers. 00:07:06.665 --> 00:07:10.805 Then Moses said, this is what the Lord has commanded. 00:07:11.435 --> 00:07:15.275 Fill a two court container with manna to preserve it for your descendants. 00:07:15.935 --> 00:07:19.445 Then later generations will be able to see the food I gave you in the 00:07:19.445 --> 00:07:21.995 wilderness when I set you free from Egypt. 00:07:23.315 --> 00:07:27.725 Moses said to Aaron, get a jar and fill it with two courts of manna. 00:07:28.355 --> 00:07:31.415 Then put it in a sacred place before the Lord to preserve 00:07:31.415 --> 00:07:33.275 it for all future generations. 00:07:34.685 --> 00:07:39.635 Aaron did, just as the Lord had commanded Moses, he eventually placed 00:07:39.635 --> 00:07:44.135 it in the Ark of the Covenant in front of the stone tablets, inscribed 00:07:44.135 --> 00:07:45.515 with the terms of the covenant. 00:07:46.325 --> 00:07:51.095 So the people of Israel ate manna for 40 years until they arrived at 00:07:51.095 --> 00:07:52.625 the land where they would settle. 00:07:53.555 --> 00:07:57.395 They ate manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan. 00:07:58.265 --> 00:08:03.755 The container used to measure the manna was an omer, which was one 10th of an e a. 00:08:04.565 --> 00:08:06.185 It held about two courts. 00:08:08.255 --> 00:08:11.105 This concludes today's Immer Reading experience. 00:08:11.225 --> 00:08:12.455 Thank you for joining us.