Exodus 16:14

Once the dew had gone, there was something thin and flaky on the desert, looking like frost crystals on the ground.

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In The King James Version

And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.

In Context

13That evening quail flew in and landed, filling the camp. In the morning dew covered the ground all around the camp.

15When the Israelites saw it, they asked each another, “What is it?” because they had no idea what it was. So Moses explained to them, “It's the bread the Lord has provided for you to eat.

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Cross References

Exodus 16:31The Israelites called the food manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers with honey.

Deuteronomy 8:3He humbled you, and when you were hungry he gave you manna to eat, which nobody, including you and your forefathers, had ever had before. This was in order to make it clear to you that human beings do not live by only eating bread, but by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.

Psalms 78:24and he made manna rain down on them to eat, giving them bread from heaven.

Psalms 147:16He sends snow as white as wool, and scatters frost like ashes.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 16:14-22

Manna Rained from Heaven. ( b. c. 1491.) 13 And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host. 14 And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground. 15 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the Lord hath given you to… Read the whole commentary →

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