Exodus 16:4

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⁴^(A) The Lord said to Moses, “I will send bread^[a] down from heaven like rain. Tell the people to go out each day and gather only enough for that day. That's how I will see if they obey me.

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16.4 bread: This was something like a thin wafer, and it was called “manna,” which in Hebrew means, “What is it?”

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Exodus 16:15

Contemporary English Version

¹⁵^(A) The people had never seen anything like this, and they started asking each other, “What is it?”^[a]

Moses answered, “This is the bread that the Lord has given you to eat.

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16.15 What is it: See the note at 16.4.

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Psalm 78:24

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²⁴^(A) From heaven he sent grain
that they called manna.^[a]

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78.24 manna: When the people of Israel were wandering through the desert, the Lord gave them a special kind of food to eat. It tasted like a wafer and was called “manna,” which in Hebrew means, “What is this?”

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