[Avodah] First class and second class (economy) travel - in the Midbar

[Simon Montagu]

There were also three classes of meal service. See Yoma 75a:

Three verses are written [Num. xv. 9]: "When the dew fell upon the camp in
the night the manna fell upon it"; and [Ex. xvi. 4]: "The people shall go
out, and gather"; and [Num. xi. 8]: "The people went about, and gathered
it." How shall the three verses be reconciled? This is meant: For the
upright [tzaddikim], the manna came down at the door of their tents; for the
general [beinonim] , they went out and found it; the wicked [resha`im] had
to seek it, till they found it. In Exodus it is written, "bread from heaven
"; and [Num. xi. 4], "made cakes of it "; and [ibid.] "ground it." How shall
these be reconciled? For the righteous, there was bread ready; as for the
general, they made cakes of the flour; and the wicked had to grind it

(quoting from the online translation at
http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/t03/yom13.htm to save time. Not intended as
a blanket endorsement or recommendation of that translation)
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