When the sonsof Israelsaw[it], they saidto oneanother,"Whatis it?" For they did not knowwhatit was. And Mosessaidto them, "It is the breadwhichthe LORDhas givenyou to eat.
"You providedbreadfrom heavenfor them for their hunger,You broughtforthwaterfrom a rockfor them for their thirst,And You toldthem to enterin order to possessThe landwhichYou sworeto givethem.
"You gaveYour goodSpiritto instructthem, Your mannaYou did not withholdfrom their mouth,And You gavethem waterfor their thirst.
They asked,and He broughtquail,And satisfiedthem with the breadof heaven.
He raineddownmannaupon them to eatAnd gavethem foodfrom heaven.
The houseof Israelnamedit manna,and it was like corianderseed,white,and its tastewas like waferswith honey.
Mosessaidto Aaron,"Takea jarand putan omerfulof mannain it, and placeit beforethe LORDto be keptthroughout your generations."
Then the LORDsaidto Moses,"Behold,I will rainbreadfrom heavenfor you; and the peopleshall goout and gathera day'sportionevery day,that I may testthem, whether ornot they will walkin My instruction.
"Come,eatof my foodAnd drinkof the wineI have mixed.
The peoplespokeagainst Godand Moses,"Whyhave you broughtus up out of Egyptto diein the wilderness?For thereis nofoodand nowater,and we loathethis miserablefood."
"For allthese thingsthe nationsof the worldeagerly seek;but your Fatherknowsthat you needthese things.
"Your fathersatethe mannain the wilderness,and they died.
"Thisis the breadwhichcame downout of heaven;not as the fathersateand died;he who eatsthisbreadwill liveforever."
and allatethe samespiritualfood;
"In the wildernessHe fedyou mannawhichyour fathersdid not know,that He might humbleyou and that He might testyou, to dogoodfor you in the end.
"He humbledyou and let you be hungry,and fedyou with mannawhichyou did not know,nordid your fathersknow,that He might make you understandthat mandoes not liveby breadalone,but manlivesby everythingthat proceedsout of the mouthof the LORD.
havinga goldenaltar of incenseand the arkof the covenantcoveredon all sideswith gold,in whichwas a goldenjarholdingthe manna,and Aaron'srodwhich budded,and the tablesof the covenant;
The mannaceasedon the dayafterthey had eatensomeof the produceof the land,so that the sonsof Israelnolongerhadmanna,but they atesomeof the yieldof the landof Canaanduring that year.
He who hasan ear,let him hearwhatthe Spiritsaysto the churches.To him who overcomes,to him I will give[some] of the hiddenmanna,and I will givehim a whitestone,and a newnamewrittenon the stonewhichno oneknowsbut he who receivesit.'
