Exodus 16:31

Conservative English Version

The Israelites called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and delicious as wafers made with honey.

Cross References

Exodus 16:14

After the dew had gone, the desert was covered with thin flakes that looked like frost.

Exodus 16:15

The people had never seen anything like this, and they started asking each other, "What is it?" Moses answered, "This is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat.

Exodus 16:30

And so they rested on the Sabbath.

Exodus 16:32

Moses told the people that the LORD had said, "Store up two quarts of this manna, because I want future generations to see the food I gave you during the time you were in the desert after I rescued you from Egypt."

Song of Solomon 2:3

And you, my love, are an apple tree among trees of the forest. Your shade brought me pleasure; your fruit was sweet.

Deuteronomy 8:16

He also gave you manna, a kind of food your ancestors had never even heard about. The LORD was testing you to make you trust him, so that later on he could be good to you.

Deuteronomy 8:3

so he made you go hungry. Then he gave you manna, a kind of food that you and your ancestors had never even heard about. The LORD was teaching you that people need more than food to live--they need every word that the LORD has spoken.