Exodus 16:31

Easy To Read Version

The people began calling the special food “manna. [109] ” The manna was like small white coriander seeds, and it tasted like thin cakes made with honey.

Cross References

Exodus 16:14

After the dew was gone, something like thin flakes of frost was on the ground.

Exodus 16:15

The people of Israel saw it and asked each other, “What is that?” [105] They asked this question because they did not know what it was. So Moses told them, “This is the food the Lord is giving you to eat.

Exodus 16:30

So the people rested on the Sabbath.

Exodus 16:32

Moses said, “The Lord said: ‘Save a basket [110] of this food for your descendants. [111] Then they can see the food that I gave to you in the desert when I took you out of Egypt.’”

Deuteronomy 8:16

In the desert, the Lord fed you manna [53] —something your ancestors [54] had never seen. The Lord tested you. Why? Because the Lord made you humble so that things would go well for you in the end.

Deuteronomy 8:3

The Lord humbled you and let you be hungry. Then he fed you with manna [49] —something you did not know about before. It was something your ancestors [50] had never seen. Why did the Lord do these things? Because he wanted you to know that it is not just bread that keeps people alive. People’s lives depend on what the Lord says.