Manna (Torrey's Topical Textbook)

(From Torrey's Topical Textbook)

Miraculously given to Israel for food in the wilderness
Exodus 16:4,15; Nehemiah 9:15
CALLED
- God's manna
  Nehemiah 9:20
- Bread of heaven
  Psalms 105:40
- Bread from heaven
  Exodus 16:4; John 6:31
- Corn of heaven
  Psalms 78:24
- Angel's food
  Psalms 78:25
- Spiritual meat
  I Corinthians 10:3
Previously unknown
Deuteronomy 8:3,16
DESCRIBED AS
- Like coriander seed
  Exodus 16:31; Numbers 11:7
- White
  Exodus 16:31
- Like in colour to bdellium
  Numbers 11:7
- Like in taste to wafers made with honey
  Exodus 16:31
- Like in taste to oil
  Numbers 11:8
- Like hoar frost
  Exodus 16:14
Fell after the evening dew
Numbers 11:9
None fell on the Sabbath day
Exodus 16:26,27
Gathered every morning
Exodus 16:21
An omer of, gathered for each person
Exodus 16:16
Two portions of, gathered the sixth day on account of the Sabbath
Exodus 16:5,22-26
He that gathered much or little had sufficient and nothing over
Exodus 16:18
Melted away by the sun
Exodus 16:21
GIVEN
- When Israel murmured for bread
  Exodus 16:2,3
- In answer to prayer
  Psalms 105:40
- Through Moses
  John 6:31,32
- To exhibit God's glory
  Exodus 16:7
- As a sign of Moses's divine mission
  John 6:30,31
- For forty years
  Nehemiah 9:21
- As a test of obedience
  Exodus 16:4
- To teach that man does not live by bread only
  Deuteronomy 8:3; Matthew 4:4
- To humble and prove Israel
  Deuteronomy 8:16
Kept longer than a day (except on the Sabbath) became corrupt
Exodus 16:19,20
THE ISRAELITES
- At first covetous of
  Exodus 16:17
- Ground, made into cakes and baked in pans
  Numbers 11:8
- Counted inferior to food of Egypt
  Numbers 11:4-6
- Loathed
  Numbers 21:5
- Punished for despising
  Numbers 11:10-20
- Punished for loathing
  Numbers 21:6
Ceased when Israel entered Canaan
Exodus 16:35; Joshua 5:12
ILLUSTRATIVE OF
- Christ
  John 6:32-35
- Blessedness given to saints
  Revelation 2:17
A golden pot of, laid up in the holiest for a memorial
Exodus 16:32-34; Hebrews 9:4

Find more Bible verses about Manna:
Manna {Nave's}
Manna {Forerunner}