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Exodus 16:4–15

Bread from heaven

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Exodus 16:4–15

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16:4Then the Lord said to Moses: “Behold, I will rain down bread from heaven for you. Let the people go out and collect what is sufficient for each day, so that I may test them, as to whether or not they will walk in my law

16:5But on the sixth day, let them prepare what they use for carrying, and let there be double what they were accustomed to collect on a single day.

16:6And Moses and Aaron said to the sons of Israel: “In the evening, you will know that the Lord has led you away from the land of Egypt

16:7And in the morning, you will see the glory of the Lord. For he has heard your murmuring against the Lord. But as for us, truly what are we, that you would whisper against us?

16:8And Moses said: “In the evening, the Lord will give you flesh to eat, and in the morning, bread in fullness. For he has heard your murmurings that you have murmured against him. For what are we? Your murmuring is not against us, but against the Lord.

16:9Moses also said to Aaron: “Say to the whole congregation of the sons of Israel, ‘Approach before the Lord. For he has heard your murmuring.’

16:10And when Aaron spoke to the entire assembly of the sons of Israel, they looked out toward the wilderness. And behold, the glory of the Lord appeared in a cloud

16:11Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying

16:12“I have heard the murmuring of the sons of Israel. Say to them: ‘In the evening, you will eat flesh, and in the morning, you will be filled with bread. And you shall know that I am the Lord your God.’

16:13Therefore, it happened in the evening: quails, rising up, covered the camp. Likewise, in the morning, a dew lay all around the camp

16:14And when it had covered the face of the earth, it appeared, in the wilderness, small and as if crushed with a pestle, similar to hoar-frost on the ground

16:15When the sons of Israel had seen it, they said one to another: “Manhu?” which means “What is this?” For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them: “This is the bread that the Lord has given you to eat

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John 6:31–51 — The true bread from heaven

Manna kept Israel alive and still they died. Jesus claims to be the bread that comes down from heaven so that one may eat and not die. The wilderness gift is the type; the Eucharist is the greater gift.

source checked429 yearsA food story from Israel's beginnings is still being argued about in a Galilee synagogue fifteen centuries later, depending on the Exodus date you grant.
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