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