It’s a God-given food to the Israelites in the wilderness after they were redeemed from the bondage of Egypt (Exodus 16:14-36).- The meaning of the word ‘manna’ means ‘What is it?’ (Exodus 16:15).
- It was white in color and looked like coriander seed (Exodus 16:31; Numbers 11:7).
- It looked like thin flakes like frost on the ground (Exodus 16:14).
- It tasted like wafers made with honey (Exodus 16:31).
- It also tasted like something made with olive oil (Numbers 11:8)
- Each one could take one omer (equivalent of two liters) of it (Exodus 16:16).
- It was daily bread for Israelites. Storing for the next day was prohibited (Exodus 16: 19).
- If it was stored for the next day, it became smelly and was full of maggots (Exodus 16:20).
- It had to be gathered early in the morning before the sun grew hot. Otherwise, it melted away (Exodus 16:21)
- On the sixth day, Israelites could collect two omers for each person. Two omers are equivalent to roughly 4.5 liters (Exodus 16:22).
- The Israelites found one too many ways to cook it. Some ground it in a handmill, others crushed it in a mortar, while some cooked it in a pot, a few others made it into cakes (Numbers 11:8).
- God supplied manna to the Israelites for 40 years, until they reached the border of Canaan (Exodus 16:35; Joshua 5:12).
- God gave manna to Israelites to teach them man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord (Deuteronomy 8:3; Matthew 4:4; Luke 4:4).
- It was called as grain of heaven and bread of angels (Psalm 78:24-25).
- Jesus referred to it in John 6:31-35,49,58.
- The Ark of the Covenant contained the gold jar of manna (Hebrews 9:4).
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