Exodus 16:15

New International Reader's Version

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.

Cross References

Nehemiah 9:15

When the people were hungry, you gave them bread from heaven. When they were thirsty, you brought them water out of a rock. You told them to go into the land of Canaan. You told them to take it as their own. It was the land you had promised to give them.

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.

Psalm 105:40

They asked for meat, and he brought them quail. He fed them well with manna, the bread of heaven.

Psalm 78:24

He rained down manna for the people to eat. He gave them the grain of heaven.

Exodus 16:31

The people of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seeds. It tasted like wafers made with honey.

Exodus 16:33

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.”

Exodus 16:4

Then the Lord spoke to Moses. He said, “I will rain down bread from heaven for you. The people must go out each day. Have them gather enough bread for that day. Here is how I will test them. I will see if they will follow my directions.

Proverbs 9:5

“Come and eat my food. Drink the wine I have mixed.

Numbers 21:5

So they spoke against God and against Moses. They said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt? Do you want us to die here in the desert? We don’t have any bread! We don’t have any water! And we hate this awful food!”

Luke 12:30

People who are ungodly run after all those things. Your Father knows that you need them.

John 6:49

Long ago your people ate the manna in the desert, and they still died.

John 6:58

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.”

1 Corinthians 10:3

They all ate the same spiritual food.

Deuteronomy 8:16

He gave you manna to eat in the desert. Your people had never even known anything about manna before. The Lord took your pride away. He tested you. He did it so that things would go well with you in the end.

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.

Hebrews 9:4

It had the golden altar for incense. It also had the wooden chest called the ark of the covenant. The ark was covered with gold. It held the gold jar of manna. It held Aaron’s walking stick that had budded. It also held the stone tablets. The words of the covenant were written on them.

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.

Revelation 2:17

‘Whoever has ears should listen to what the Holy Spirit says to the churches. Here is what I will do for anyone who has victory over sin. I will give that person hidden manna to eat. I will also give each of them a white stone with a new name written on it. Only the one who receives this name will know what it is.’