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Manna
1. Miraculously given to Israel for food in the wilderness. Ex 16:4,15; Ne 9:15.
2. Called
a. God’s manna. Ne 9:20.
b. Bread of heaven. Ps 105:40.
c. Bread from heaven. Ex 16:4; Joh 6:31.
d. Corn of heaven. Ps 78:24.
e. Angel’s food. Ps 78:25.
f. Spiritual meat. 1Co 10:3.
3. Previously unknown. De 8:3,16.
4. Described as
a. Like coriander seed. Ex 16:31; Nu 11:7.
b. White. Ex 16:31.
c. Like in colour to bdellium. Nu 11:7.
d. Like in taste to wafers made with honey. Ex 16:31.
e. Like in taste to oil. Nu 11:18.
f. Like hoar frost. Ex 16:14.
5. Fell after the evening dew. Nu 11:9.
6. None fell on the Sabbath day. Ex 16:26,27.
7. Gathered every morning. Ex 16:21.
8. An omer of, gathered for each person. Ex 16:16.
9. Two portions of, gathered the sixth day on account of the Sabbath. Ex 16:5,22-26.
10. He that gathered much or little had sufficient and nothing over. Ex 16:18.
11. Melted away by the sun. Ex 16:21.
12. Given
a. When Israel murmured for bread. Ex 16:2,3.
b. In answer to prayer. Ps 105:40.
c. Through Moses. Joh 6:31,32.
d. To exhibit God’s glory. Ex 16:7.
e. As a sign of Moses’s divine mission. Joh 6:30,31.
f. For forty years. Ne 9:21.
g. As a test of obedience. Ex 16:4.
h. To teach that man does not live by bread only. De 8:3; Mt 4:4.
i. To humble and prove Israel. De 8:16.
13. Kept longer than a day (except on the Sabbath) became corrupt. Ex 16:19,20.
14. The Israelites
a. At first covetous of. Ex 16:17.
b. Ground, made into cakes and baked in pans. Nu 11:8.
c. Counted inferior to food of Egypt. Nu 11:4-6.
d. Loathed. Nu 21:5.
e. Punished for despising. Nu 11:10-20.
f. Punished for loathing. Nu 21:6.
15. Ceased when Israel entered Canaan. Ex 16:35; Jos 5:12.
16. Illustrative of
a. Christ. Joh 6:32-35.
b. Blessedness given to saints. Re 2:17.
17. A golden pot of, laid up in the holiest for a memorial. Ex 16:32-34; Heb 9:4.