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.
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.
"Thisis the breadwhichcame downout of heaven;not as the fathersateand died;he who eatsthisbreadwill liveforever."
The houseof Israelnamedit manna,and it was like corianderseed,white,and its tastewas like waferswith honey.
"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.
and allatethe samespiritualfood;
"You gaveYour goodSpiritto instructthem, Your mannaYou did not withholdfrom their mouth,And You gavethem waterfor their thirst.
"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.
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.
"Your fathersatethe mannain the wilderness,and they died.
"In the wildernessHe fedyou mannawhichyour fathersdid not know,that He might humbleyou and that He might testyou, to dogoodfor you in the end.
The peoplespokeagainst Godand Moses,"Whyhave you broughtus up out of Egyptto diein the wilderness?For thereis nofoodand nowater,and we loathethis miserablefood."
Mosessaidto Aaron,"Takea jarand putan omerfulof mannain it, and placeit beforethe LORDto be keptthroughout your generations."
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.'
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;
"For allthese thingsthe nationsof the worldeagerly seek;but your Fatherknowsthat you needthese things.
"Come,eatof my foodAnd drinkof the wineI have mixed.
He raineddownmannaupon them to eatAnd gavethem foodfrom heaven.
They asked,and He broughtquail,And satisfiedthem with the breadof heaven.
