MANNA

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 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