Exodus 16:15

When the people of Israel saw it, they said one to another, “What is it?” They did not know what it was. Moses said to them, “It is the bread that Yahweh has given you to eat.

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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 eat.

In Context

14When the dew was gone, there on the surface of the wilderness were thin flakes like frost on the ground.

16This is the command that Yahweh has given: 'You must gather, each one of you, the amount you need to eat, an omer for each person of the number of your people. This is how you will gather it: Gather enough to eat for every person who lives in your tent.'”

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Cross References

Exodus 16:31The people of Israel called that food “manna.” It was white like coriander seed, and its taste was like wafers made with honey.

Numbers 21:5The people spoke against God and Moses: “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread, no water, and we hate this miserable food.”

Deuteronomy 8:16He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your ancestors had never known, so that he might humble you and test you, to do you good in the end,

Nehemiah 9:15You gave them bread from heaven for their hunger, and water from a rock for their thirst, and you said to them to go in to possess the land you swore on oath to give them.

Proverbs 9:5“Come, eat my food, 1 and drink the wine I have mixed. 1

John 6:31Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written, 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'”

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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