Both the second and fourth books of the Pentateuch, that is, the books of Exodus and Numbers, focus on the story of the liberation of the people of Israel from the hands of the Egyptians. In these biblical passages we find details about the battles that the people waged, the difficulties they had regarding their relationship with God, and the divine help received during their long journey through the desert. In fact, the Bible tells us that the manna from heaven It was the main food that the Israelites had while they were in the desert. We invite you to discover the biblical verses in which it is mentioned Mananot only in the Old Testament, but also in the New Testament.
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What is mana?
After leaving Egypt, the Lord led Moses and the people of Israel through the desert, however, they began to complain and say that they were hungry. “Then the Lord said to Moses: “I will bring down bread for you from the heights of heaven, and the people will go out each day to collect their daily ration. Thus I will put them to the test, to see whether or not they walk according to my law.” (Exodus 16:4). This supernatural provision was the main food of the people during their passage through the desert. “The house of Israel called this food manna. It was white like coriander seed and had a taste similar to that of cakes kneaded with honey.. (Exodus 16:31)
Manna in the Old Testament
manna in the desert
“Now our throats are parched! We are deprived of everything, and our eyes see nothing but mana!” The manna resembled coriander seed and its color was similar to that of bdellium. The people had to go looking for him; Once collected, they crushed it with grinding stones or crushed it in a mortar, cooked it in a pot, and prepared it in the form of cookies. Its taste was like that of an appetizing cake.” (Numbers 11:6-8)
Not only of bread the man lives
“He afflicted you and made you feel hungry, but he gave you manna to eat, that food that neither you nor your parents knew, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone, but on everything that comes out of the mouth of the Lord”. (Deuteronomy 8:3).
The manna ceased upon entering the land of Canaan
“The manna stopped falling the next day, when they ate the products of the country. There was no more manna for the Israelites, and that year they ate the fruits of the land of Canaan.” (Joshua 5:12)
manna from heaven
“Then he commanded the clouds on high and opened the floodgates of heaven: he rained down manna on them, he gave them heavenly wheat as food; they all ate on the bread of angels, he gave them food until they were satisfied”. (Psalm 77:23-25)
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Manna in the New Testament
The bread of Life
“I am the bread of life. His parents, in the desert, ate the manna and died. But this is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that whoever eats it does not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever, and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the Life of the world.” (John 6:48-51)
the hidden manna
“Whoever can understand, let him understand what the Spirit says to the Churches: to him who overcomes, I will feed him the hidden manna, and I will also give him a white stone, on which is written a new name that no one knows outside of that one. who receives it”. (Revelation 2:17)
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