Exodus 16:31
And this bread was named manna by Israel: it was white, like a grain seed, and its taste was like cakes made with honey.
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- Exod 16:15 : 15 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, What is it? for they had no idea what it was. And Moses said to them, It is the bread which the Lord has given you for your food.
- Num 11:6-9 : 6 But now our soul is wasted away; there is nothing at all: we have nothing but this manna before our eyes. 7 Now the manna was like a seed of grain, like small clear drops. 8 The people went about taking it up from the earth, crushing it between stones or hammering it to powder, and boiling it in pots, and they made cakes of it: its taste was like the taste of cakes cooked with oil. 9 When the dew came down on the tents at night, the manna came down with it.
- Song 2:3 : 3 As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, so is my loved one among the sons. I took my rest under his shade with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
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- Num 11:6-94 verses83%
6But now our soul is wasted away; there is nothing at all: we have nothing but this manna before our eyes.
7Now the manna was like a seed of grain, like small clear drops.
8The people went about taking it up from the earth, crushing it between stones or hammering it to powder, and boiling it in pots, and they made cakes of it: its taste was like the taste of cakes cooked with oil.
9When the dew came down on the tents at night, the manna came down with it.
- Exod 16:12-165 verses83%
12The outcry of the children of Israel has come to my ears: say to them now, At nightfall you will have meat for your food, and in the morning bread in full measure; and you will see that I am the Lord your God.
13And it came about that in the evening little birds came up and the place was covered with them: and in the morning there was dew all round about the tents.
14And when the dew was gone, on the face of the earth was a small round thing, like small drops of ice on the earth.
15And when the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, What is it? for they had no idea what it was. And Moses said to them, It is the bread which the Lord has given you for your food.
16This is what the Lord has said, Let every man take up as much as he has need of; at the rate of one omer for every person, let every man take as much as is needed for his family.
- Exod 16:32-365 verses80%
32And Moses said, This is the order which the Lord has given: Let one omer of it be kept for future generations, so that they may see the bread which I gave you for your food in the waste land, when I took you out from the land of Egypt.
33And Moses said to Aaron, Take a pot and put one omer of manna in it, and put it away before the Lord, to be kept for future generations.
34So Aaron put it away in front of the holy chest to be kept, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.
35And the children of Israel had manna for their food for forty years, till they came to a land with people in it, till they came to the edge of the land of Canaan.
36Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.
- John 6:31-333 verses75%
31Our fathers had the manna in the waste land, as the Writings say, He gave them bread from heaven.
32Jesus then said to them, Truly I say to you, What Moses gave you was not the bread from heaven; it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.
33The bread of God is the bread which comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world.
- Josh 5:11-122 verses74%
11And on the day after the Passover, they had for their food the produce of the land, unleavened cakes and dry grain on the same day.
12And there was no more manna from the day after they had for their food the produce of the land; the children of Israel had manna no longer, but that year the produce of the land of Canaan was their food.
- Ps 78:24-252 verses74%
24And he sent down manna like rain for their food, and gave them the grain of heaven.
25Man took part in the food of strong ones; he sent them meat in full measure.
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30So the people took their rest on the seventh day.
- Exod 16:21-255 verses73%
21And they took it up morning by morning, every man as he had need: and when the sun was high it was gone.
22And on the sixth day they took up twice as much of the bread, two omers for every person: and all the rulers of the people gave Moses word of it.
23And he said, This is what the Lord has said, Tomorrow is a day of rest, a holy Sabbath to the Lord: what has to be cooked may be cooked; and what is over, put on one side to be kept till the morning.
24And they kept it till the morning as Moses had said: and no smell came from it, and it had no worms.
25And Moses said, Make your meal today of what you have, for this day is a Sabbath to the Lord: today you will not get any in the fields.
- Exod 16:3-53 verses73%
3And the children of Israel said to them, It would have been better for the Lord to have put us to death in the land of Egypt, where we were seated by the flesh-pots and had bread enough for our needs; for you have taken us out to this waste of sand, to put all this people to death through need of food.
4Then the Lord said to Moses, See, I will send down bread from heaven for you; and the people will go out every day and get enough for the day's needs; so that I may put them to the test to see if they will keep my laws or not.
5And on the sixth day they are to make ready what they get in, and it will be twice as much as they get on the other days.
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2And unleavened bread, and unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and thin unleavened cakes on which oil has been put, made of the best bread-meal;
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5And crying out against God and against Moses, they said, Why have you taken us out of Egypt to come to our death in the waste land? For there is no bread and no water, and this poor bread is disgusting to us.
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23And take one bit of bread and one cake of oiled bread and one thin cake out of the basket of unleavened bread which is before the Lord:
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29And honey and butter and sheep and milk-cheeses, for David and his people: for they said, This people is in the waste land, needing food and drink and rest.
- Exod 16:18-192 verses68%
18And when it was measured, he who had taken up much had nothing over, and he who had little had enough; every man had taken what he was able to make use of.
19And Moses said to them, Let nothing be kept till the morning.
- John 6:49-502 verses68%
49Your fathers took the manna in the waste land--and they are dead.
50The bread which comes from heaven is such bread that a man may take it for food and never see death.
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40At the people's request he sent birds, and gave them the bread of heaven for food.
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12This bread which we have with us for our food, we took warm and new from our houses when starting on our journey to you; but now see, it has become dry and broken up.
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58This is the bread which has come down from heaven. It is not like the food which your fathers had: they took of the manna, and are dead; but he who takes this bread for food will have life for ever.
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3And he made low your pride and let you be without food and gave you manna for your food, a thing new to you, which your fathers never saw; so that he might make it clear to you that bread is not man's only need, but his life is in every word which comes out of the mouth of the Lord.
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16Who gave you manna for your food in the waste land, a food which your fathers had never seen; so that your pride might be broken and your hearts tested for your good in the end;
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19And my bread which I gave you, the best meal and oil and honey which I gave you for your food, you put it before them for a sweet smell, says the Lord.
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25And there was honey on the face of the field, and all the people came to the honey, the bees having gone from it;
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3Take no leavened bread with it; for seven days let your food be unleavened bread, that is, the bread of sorrow; for you came out of the land of Egypt quickly: so the memory of that day, when you came out of the land of Egypt, will be with you all your life.
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8And Moses said, The Lord will give you meat for your food at evening, and in the morning bread in full measure; for your outcry against the Lord has come to his ears: for what are we? your outcry is not against us but against the Lord.