Manna

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 SabbathEx 16:5,22-26

He that gathered much or little had sufficient and nothing overEx 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