Exodus 16:14

When the dew that lay had gone, behold, on the surface of the wilderness was a small round thing, small as the frost 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

13In the evening, quail came up and covered the camp; and in the morning the dew lay around the camp.

15When the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?” For they didn’t know what it was. Moses said to them, “It is the bread which the LORD has given you to eat.

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Cross References

Exodus 16:31The house of Israel called its name “Manna”, and it was like coriander seed, white; and its taste was like wafers with honey.

Deuteronomy 8:3He humbled you, allowed you to be hungry, and fed you with manna, which you didn’t know, neither did your fathers know, that he might teach you that man does not live by bread only, but man lives by every word that proceeds out of the LORD’s mouth.

Psalms 78:24He rained down manna on them to eat, and gave them food from the sky.

Psalms 147:16He gives snow like 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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