. The pictorial history of Palestine and the Holy land including a complete history of the Jews. ed little had no They were then fully instructed in the nature and use of thismarvellous food. They were told, indeed they saw, that all of which remained ungathereddissolved in the heat of the sun and was lost. They were also informed that the quantity col-lected was only intended for the food of the current day, and that if any of it were kept tillthe next morning it would corrupt and breed worms. Notwithstanding this, some of thepeople did, out of curiosity or precaution, save some of it,
. The pictorial history of Palestine and the Holy land including a complete history of the Jews. ed little had no They were then fully instructed in the nature and use of thismarvellous food. They were told, indeed they saw, that all of which remained ungathereddissolved in the heat of the sun and was lost. They were also informed that the quantity col-lected was only intended for the food of the current day, and that if any of it were kept tillthe next morning it would corrupt and breed worms. Notwithstanding this, some of thepeople did, out of curiosity or precaution, save some of it, which in the morning was foundto be in a condition so stinking and full of worms as to be entirely unfit for use. And yet itwas directed that a double quantity should be gathered on the sixth day; for the seventh daywas henceforth to be observed by the Israelites as a day of rest from all labour, and on thatday no fresh n>anna would be supplied. That day they were to live on the surplus quantitywhich they collected the day before; and it proved that the quantity thus kept for the sabbath. [Pounding iu a Mortar.]
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