- 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
The New Topical Text Book
Manna
The New Topical Text Book, R. A. Torrey (1897). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.