"And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness {there lay} a small round thing, {as} sma…" — Exodus 16:14

Exodus 16:14 · KJV

“And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness {there lay} a small round thing, {as} small as the hoar frost on the ground.”

— Exodus 16:14

Verse 13

And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host.

Verse 15

And when the children of Israel saw {it}, they said one to another, It {is} manna: for they wist not what it {was}. And Moses said unto them, This {is} the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat. {It is...: or, What is this? or, It is a portion}

Exodus 16 — Context

I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I {am} the LORD your God.

And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host.

And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness {there lay} a small round thing, {as} small as the hoar frost on the ground.

This {is} the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, {according to} the number of your persons; take ye every man for {them} which {are} in his tents. {for every...: Heb. by the poll, or, head} {persons: Heb. souls}

Cross References

Deuteronomy 8:3

And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every {word} that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.

Nehemiah 9:15

And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them. {which...: Heb. which thou hadst lift up thine hand to give them}

Numbers 11:7-9

And the manna {was} as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium. {colour thereof...: Heb. eye of it as the eye of}

Psalms 78:24

And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.

Psalms 105:40

{The people} asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

Psalms 147:16

He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.

Exodus 16:31

And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it {was} like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it {was} like wafers {made} with honey.