MANNA
Thompson Chain Reference (1934)
Torrey's New Topical Textbook
Miraculously given to Israel for food in the wilderness
Previously unknown
Fell after the evening dew
None fell on the Sabbath day
Gathered every morning
An omer of, gathered for each person
Two portions of, gathered the sixth day on account of the Sabbath
He that gathered much or little had sufficient and nothing over
Melted away by the sun
Kept longer than a day (except on the Sabbath) became corrupt
Ceased when Israel entered Canaan
A golden pot of, laid up in the holiest for a memorial
CALLED
God's manna
Bread of heaven
Bread from heaven
Corn of heaven
Angel's food
Spiritual meat
DESCRIBED AS
Like coriander seed
White
Like in colour to bdellium
Like in taste to wafers made with honey
Like in taste to oil
Like hoar frost
GIVEN
When Israel murmured for bread
In answer to prayer
Through Moses
To exhibit God's glory
As a sign of Moses's divine mission
For forty years
As a test of obedience
To teach that man does not live by bread only
To humble and prove Israel
THE ISRAELITES
At first covetous of
Ground, made into cakes and baked in pans
Counted inferior to food of Egypt
Loathed
Punished for despising
Punished for loathing
ILLUSTRATIVE OF
General scriptures concerning
Preserved in the ark of the testimony
FIGURATIVE