Exodus 16:15 “When the Israelites saw it, they asked one another, “What is it?” For…”

Exodus 16:15

When the Israelites saw it, they asked one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. So Moses told them, “It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

When the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?” For they didn’t know what it was. Moses said to them, “It is the bread which the LORD has given you to eat.

American Standard Version

And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, What is it? for they knew not what it was. And Moses said unto them, It is the bread which Jehovah hath given you to eat.

Geneva Bible 1599

And when the children of Israel sawe it, they sayde one to another, It is MAN, for they wist not what it was. And Moses sayd vnto them, This is the breade which the Lord hath giuen you to eate.

Darby Translation

And the children of Israel saw [it], and said one to another, What is it? for they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, This is the bread which Jehovah has given you to eat.

Young's Literal Translation

And the sons of Israel see, and say one unto another, 'What [is] it?' for they have not known what it [is]; and Moses saith unto them, 'It [is] the bread which Jehovah hath given to you for food.

Bible in Basic English

And when the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, What is it? for they had no idea what it was. And Moses said to them, It is the bread which the Lord has given you for your food.

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Cross references

“It is manna”

John 6:58 Exodus 16:31 Deuteronomy 8:3 1 Corinthians 10:3 Joshua 5:12 Nehemiah 9:15

John 6:58 · BSB

This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your fathers, who ate the manna and died, the one who eats this bread will live forever.”

Exodus 16:31 · BSB

Now the house of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey.

Deuteronomy 8:3 · BSB

He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth o…

1 Corinthians 10:3 · BSB

They all ate the same spiritual food

Joshua 5:12 · BSB

And the day after they had eaten from the produce of the land, the manna ceased. There was no more manna for the Israelites, so that year they began to eat the crops of the land of Canaan.

Nehemiah 9:15 · BSB

In their hunger You gave them bread from heaven; in their thirst You brought them water from the rock. You told them to go in and possess the land that You had sworn to give them.

“This is”

Exodus 16:4 Numbers 21:5 Luke 12:30 Proverbs 9:5

Exodus 16:4 · BSB

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test whether or not they will follow My instructions.

Numbers 21:5 · BSB

and spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you led us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread or water, and we detest this wretched food!”

Luke 12:30 · BSB

For the Gentiles of the world strive after all these things, and your Father knows that you need them.

Proverbs 9:5 · BSB

“Come, eat my bread and drink the wine I have mixed.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

14When the layer of dew had evaporated, there were thin flakes on the desert floor, as fine as frost on the ground.

16This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Each one is to gather as much as he needs. You may take an omer for each person in your tent.’”

Read Exodus 16