v. Bread
Exo 16:35 the .. of Israel ate m 40 years
Num 11:7 and the m was like coriander seed
Deu 8:3 made you hungry, and fed you with m
Jos 5:12 the m ceased the next day, since
Neh 9:20 thou didst not withdraw thy m from his mouth, and water
Psa 78:24 he made it rain on them m so that
Joh 6:31 our fathers ate the m in the
Heb 9:4 there was a golden pot containing the m
Rev 2:17 To him who overcomes I will give to eat of the m
Maná (Heb. mân and Aram. mannâ’ ; Gr. mánna, “granite”, “granule”). The phrase “What is this?” (Exo 16:15) is supported by the following words: “Because they did not know what it was.” Probably from this original question the name mân was derived (v 31). Food that God miraculously provided for the Israelites during their wilderness wanderings. Early in the morning he would appear on the ground “a small, round thing, small as frost on the ground,” and relishing “flakes with honey” and “new oil” (Exo 16:14, 31; Num 11: 8). The manna served to test the Hebrew nation (Exo 16:4) about their faith in and obedience to God. The 1st trial contained instructions that each person was to pick up an omer, about 2 liters, each day (v 16), and not leave any for the next day (vs 4, 18, 19). By obeying, the Israelites manifested their faith that God would give them back the next day. Some disobeyed, and the stored manna was wasted (v 20). The 2nd test had to do with Saturday (vs 5, 22). The Hebrews were instructed to gather twice as much on the 6th day, enough for that day and for the Sabbath (vs 5, 22), because on this day nothing would be found in the fields (v 26). Obedience to this command would show his faith that God would miraculously preserve the manna for the Sabbath, which he did (v 24). Some went out to look for manna on the Sabbath, but found nothing (v 27). The manna miraculously fed the Israelites until they entered Canaan (Exo 16:35; Josh 5:12). The fact that there was manna 6 days of the week and it was not found on the Sabbath, pointed to which was the true Sabbath. Moses was instructed to keep a pot of manna for future generations (Exo 16:32-35); he kept it in a golden vessel inside the ark (Heb 9:4). Since the time of Josephus, the biblical manna has been associated with the granular and sweet secretions of the tamarisk bushes of the Sinai valleys (currently the idea is held that such secretions are due to the action of the insect Trabutina mannipara). This product, which varies in size from the head of a pin to that of a pea, has also been called manna by the monks who lived in Sinai as hermits since the first centuries of the Christian era. However, this tamarisk “manna” cannot be the manna of the exodus for the following reasons: it appears only 3 to 6 weeks per year, and in quantities so small that it takes a man a whole day’s work to gather about 250 gr. Biblical manna, on the other hand, was available for 40 years every day except weekly Sabbaths, and ceased to appear when the Israelites entered the promised land. Furthermore, it fell in quantities large enough to feed all of Israel at the time of their wilderness wanderings. Biblical manna was miraculously provided food. Like many other wonders, this one defies rational explanation. Bib.: FJ-AJ iii.1.6; Bodenheimer, BA 10 (1947):2-6. Manna, Plant of. See Manna. Herd. Translation of the: 1. Heb. ‘êder (Gen 32:16, 19; 1Sa 17:34), “herd”, “flock”, “flock”, generally referring to sheep. 2. Heb. tsôneh (Job 21:11; Psa 65:13; Eze 43:23), “flock”, “herd”, generally referring to sheep and goats. 3. Gr. póimnion, “herd”, “flock” (used in Luk 12:32 and other passages figuratively for Christ’s disciples).
Source: Evangelical Bible Dictionary
name derived from the Hebrew ¿man hû†™?, what is this?, question that the Israelites asked when the m. fell in the desert, Ex 16, 15. The people of Israel fed on manna during their journey through the desert, “bread from heaven”, Ex 16, 4. The m. it fell every day, except on Saturday, of rest, reason why the eve was collected the double, Ex 16, 29. The m. it was white, like coriander seed, and the taste was like that of honey cake; it was cooked, roasted, ground to make cakes, Nm 11, 7-9. The Israelites fed on this until they reached the land of Canaan, where they already fed on the fruits of this land, Jos 5, 12. In memory of this miracle in the desert, an omer full of m was kept in the Ark. , Ex 16, 33-34, which is not mentioned when the Ark is transferred to the Temple, 1 R 8, 9.
There are many allusions to m. in the Scriptures as well as the symbolic use of the term in the NT “Wheat from heaven”, the psalmist calls it, Ps 78 (77), 24; 105 (104), 40; an expression that John takes up in his Gospel, Jn 6, 31; “bread of angels”, he also calls it in the same Psalm, verse 25; likewise in Wisdom 16, 20. The m. it is the bread of life, the food of the heavenly Kingdom, Jn 6, 31-49; Ap 2, 17; symbol of the Eucharist.
Digital Bible Dictionary, Grupo C Service & Design Ltda., Colombia, 2003
Source: Digital Bible Dictionary
(Heb., man; Gr., manna). A special meal provided for the Hebrews during the exodus from Egypt. The Hebrew word man is actually a question and as a prefix for hu it would be What is this? On the other hand, it may be an adaptation of the Egyptian mennu, food. Josephus and other ancient authors attribute the name to the question Is it food?, which fits well in the context of the desert. He came at night (Num 11:9). It was white, delicious in flavor, and resembled coriander seed, a plant from the eastern Mediterranean area that was both tasty and nutritious (Exo 16:31). That it came miraculously is shown in its nature, its time of arrival and that it lasted until the Sabbath (Exo 16:20-26; Deu 8:3).
As soon as there was another meal, the manna ceased (Jos 5:12). They called it wheat from heaven (Psa 78:24), bread from heaven (Psa 105:40), and bread of angels (2 Ezr 2:1; Wis 16:20). When Jesus referred to himself, he used it as a metaphor (John 6:31-58).
Source: Hispanic World Bible Dictionary
Food similar to white frost, miraculously provided by God in the desert daily, Num 11:9, Exo 16:14-36.
Jesus tells us that he was the type of the Eucharist, of the Sacred Host, where Jesus is the true “bread of life”: (Jua 6:30-35, Jua 6:48-58); Jesus is our “daily bread” of Mat 6:11.
Christian Bible Dictionary
Dr. J. Dominguez
http://bible.com/dictionary/
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
Food provided by God to the Israelites during their pilgrimage through the desert. The name arose from the question that the Israelites asked themselves when seeing it for the first time: “What is this?”. (From Heb. man hu? ). Referred to as “bread from heaven” (Exo 16:4), it appeared every day except Saturday, early in the morning, after the dew “on the face of the desert a small, round thing, small as frost on the ground …. after the sun got hot, it melted† (Exo 16:14, Exo 16:21). “It was like coriander seed, white, and its taste was like flakes with honey” (Exo 16:31). It could be boiled and cooked (Exo 16:23). The commandment was that each Israelite should gather “one omer per head,” and they must consume it within twenty-four hours because it would later become corrupted by worms. On the sixth day, however, they took for two days and it was not damaged. Moses commanded that a portion of m be kept. in the ark (Exo 16:33). This food came to them for “forty years, until they came to an inhabited land” (Exo 16:35). Many efforts have been made to identify manna with some known natural processes that take place in the Sinai desert, but all propositions about it fail in many ways, especially in explaining how the phenomenon lasted forty years and served such a large community. like the people of Israel at that time. Given the statement made to Jesus by the Jews that his “fathers ate the m. in the desert† as “bread from heaven”, the Lord Jesus Christ answered them that the “Father gives you the true bread from heaven…. he is the one who came down from heaven and gives life to the world †. Asking them to always give them this bread, he answered: “I am the bread of life” (Jua 6: 31-35).
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
tip, MILA FOOD TYPE
vet, (Gr. “manna”, Heb. “mãn”). The Hebrew expression “mãn hû” means: “What is this?” (Ex. 16:15), he asks where the name of the substance comes from. Manna was the main food of the Israelites during the forty years of wandering in the desert. The Israelites first met him in the Wilderness of Sin, when they complained of lack of food. The descent of manna is compared to a shower of heavenly bread (Ex. 16:1-4, 12; Ps. 78:24; 105:40). In the morning, when the dew dissipated, small grains remained on the ground, similar to frost. The children of Israel, not knowing what it was all about, asked: “Mãn hû?” Moses told them: “It is the bread that the Lord gives you to eat” (Ex. 16:13-15; Num. 11:9). The manna was reminiscent of the white coriander seed; it was white, and tasted like wafers with honey or fine oil (Ex. 16:31); people ground it in mills or crushed it in mortars, cooking it or making cakes (Num. 11:7-8). Moses commanded the Israelites, from the Lord, to collect an omer per person each morning (between 3.5 and 4 l.), and not to save anything for the next day. The worms attacked the mana of the disobedient. On the sixth day, the Lord sent two gomers of manna per person; there was nothing on the Sabbath (Ex. 16:22-30). Aaron kept an omer of manna, evidently incorruptible, so that his successors after him would keep it for successive generations, so that they could see the food of his ancestors in the desert (Ex. 16: 32-34). A year after the first appearance of the manna, at the same time, it is specified that the people continued to receive this bread from heaven, which continued to fall until the end of the 40 years in the desert. The Israelites despised this blessing (Num. 11:4-9; 21:5), yet God did not deprive them of it (Ex. 16:35; Deut. 8:3, 16; Neh. 9:20). ; Ps. 78:24). The manna did not cease until the day after the Passover at Gilgal, after having passed through Canaan, and after the people had eaten of the fruit of the land (Josh. 5:10-12). The question has often been raised as to whether the manna was a product created especially to help the Israelites, or whether it was a natural substance, multiplied in a miraculous way. There are several plants that exude a kind of substance analogous to mana, spontaneously, or due to the bite of an insect. This is the case of “Tamarix nainnifera” (variety of…