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Psalms 78:18
They were stubborn and tested God. They ordered him to give them the food they wanted.
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Nehemiah 9:20
You gave them your good Spirit to teach them. You didn’t hold back your manna from their mouths. And you gave them water when they were thirsty.
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John 6:48-58
I am the bread of life.Long ago your people ate the manna in the desert, and they still died.But here is the bread that comes down from heaven. A person can eat it and not die.I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Everyone who eats some of this bread will live forever. This bread is my body. I will give it for the life of the world.”Then the Jews began to argue sharply among themselves. They said,“ How can this man give us his body to eat?”Jesus said to them,“ What I’m about to tell you is true. You must eat the Son of Man’s body and drink his blood. If you don’t, you have no life in you.Anyone who eats my body and drinks my blood has eternal life. I will raise them up on the last day.My body is real food. My blood is real drink.Anyone who eats my body and drinks my blood remains in me. And I remain in them.The living Father sent me, and I live because of him. In the same way, those who feed on me will live because of me.This is the bread that came down from heaven. Long ago your people ate manna and died. But whoever eats this bread will live forever.”
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Numbers 11:31-33
The Lord sent out a wind. It drove quail in from the Red Sea. It scattered them all around the camp. They were about three feet above the ground. They could be seen in every direction as far as a person could walk in a day.The people went out all day and gathered quail. They gathered them all night and all the next day. No one gathered less than 60 bushels. Then they spread the quail out all around the camp.But while the meat was still in their mouths, the Lord acted. Before the people could swallow it, he became very angry with them. He struck them with a terrible plague.
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John 6:31-33
Long ago our people ate the manna in the desert. It is written in Scripture,‘ The Lord gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ”( Exodus 16:4; Nehemiah 9:15; Psalm 78:24, 25)Jesus said to them,“ What I’m about to tell you is true. It is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven. It is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.The bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven. He gives life to the world.”
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Deuteronomy 8:3
He took your pride away. He let you go hungry. Then he gave you manna to eat. You and your parents had never even known anything about manna before. He tested you to teach you that man doesn’t live only on bread. He also lives on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.
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Numbers 11:4-9
Some people with them began to wish for other food. Again the Israelites began to cry out. They said,“ We wish we had meat to eat.We remember the fish we ate in Egypt. It didn’t cost us anything. We also remember the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic.But now we’ve lost all interest in eating. We never see anything but this manna!”The manna was like coriander seeds. It looked like sap from a tree.The people went around gathering it. Then they ground it up in a small mill they held in their hands. Or they crushed it in a stone bowl. They cooked it in a pot. Or they made loaves out of it. It tasted like something made with olive oil.When the dew came down on the camp at night, the manna also came down.
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Exodus 16:12-35
“ I have heard the people of Israel talking about how unhappy they are. Tell them,‘ When the sun goes down, you will eat meat. In the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God.’ ”That evening quail came and covered the camp. In the morning the ground around the camp was covered with dew.When the dew was gone, thin flakes appeared on the desert floor. They looked like frost on the ground.The people of Israel saw the flakes. They asked each other,“ What’s that?” They didn’t know what it was. Moses said to them,“ It’s the bread the Lord has given you to eat.Here is what the Lord has commanded. He has said,‘ Everyone should gather as much as they need. Take three pounds for each person who lives in your tent.’ ”The people of Israel did as they were told. Some gathered a lot, and some gathered a little.When they measured it out, the one who gathered a lot didn’t have too much. And the one who gathered a little had enough. Everyone gathered only what they needed.Then Moses said to them,“ Don’t keep any of it until morning.”Some of them didn’t pay any attention to Moses. They kept part of it until morning. But it was full of maggots and began to stink. So Moses became angry with them.Each morning everyone gathered as much as they needed. But by the hottest time of the day, the thin flakes had melted away.On the sixth day, the people gathered twice as much. It amounted to six pounds for each person. The leaders of the community came and reported that to Moses.He said to them,“ Here is what the Lord commanded. He said,‘ Tomorrow will be a day of rest. It will be a holy Sabbath day. It will be set apart for the Lord. So bake what you want to bake. Boil what you want to boil. Save what is left. Keep it until morning.’ ”So they saved it until morning, just as Moses commanded. It didn’t stink or get maggots in it.“ Eat it today,” Moses said.“ Today is a Sabbath day to honor the Lord. You won’t find any flakes on the ground today.Gather them for six days. But on the seventh day there won’t be any. It’s the Sabbath day.”In spite of what Moses said, some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather the flakes. But they didn’t find any.Then the Lord spoke to Moses. He said,“ How long will all of you refuse to obey my commands and my teachings?Keep in mind that I have given you the Sabbath day. That is why on the sixth day I give you bread for two days. Everyone must stay where they are on the seventh day. No one can go out.”So the people rested on the seventh day.The people of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seeds. It tasted like wafers made with honey.Moses said,“ Here is what the Lord has commanded. He has said,‘ Get three pounds of manna. Keep it for all time to come. Then those who live after you will see the bread I gave you to eat in the desert. I gave it to you when I brought you out of Egypt.’ ”So Moses said to Aaron,“ Get a jar. Put three pounds of manna in it. Then place it in front of the Lord. Keep it there for all time to come.”Aaron did exactly as the Lord had commanded Moses. He put the manna with the tablets of the covenant law. He put it there so it would be kept for all time to come.The Israelites ate manna for 40 years. They ate it until they came to a land where people were living. They ate it until they reached the border of Canaan.
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Joshua 5:12
The manna stopped coming down the day after they ate the food grown in the land. The Israelites didn’t have manna anymore. Instead, that year they ate food grown in Canaan.
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Psalms 78:23-28
But he gave a command to the skies above. He opened the doors of the heavens.He rained down manna for the people to eat. He gave them the grain of heaven.Mere human beings ate the bread of angels. He sent them all the food they could eat.He made the east wind blow from the heavens. By his power he caused the south wind to blow.He rained down meat on them like dust. He sent them birds like sand on the seashore.He made the birds come down inside their camp. The birds fell all around their tents.
