manna came from heaven in the bible.
manna came from heaven in the bible.
where did manna come from in the bible?
heaven
manna is from heaven, according to the hebrew bible and to jesus in the new testament, but the various identifications of manna are naturalistic. in the mishnah, manna is treated as a natural but unique substance, "created during the twilight of the sixth day of creation", and ensured to be clean, before it arrives, by the sweeping of the ground by a northern wind and subsequent rains. according to classical rabbinical literature, manna was ground in a heavenly mill for the use of the righteous, but some of it was allocated to the wicked and left for them to grind themselves.
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in the hebrew bible, manna is described twice: once in with the full narrative surrounding it, and once again in as a part of a separate narrative. in the description in the book of exodus, manna is described as being "a fine, flake-like thing" like the frost on the ground. it is described in the book of numbers as arriving with the dew during the night. exodus adds that manna was comparable to hoarfrost in color, and similarly had to be collected before it was melted by the heat of the sun, and was like a coriander seed in size but white in color. numbers describes it as having the appearance of bdellium, adding that the israelites ground it and pounded it into cakes, which were then baked, resulting in something that tasted like cakes baked with oil. exodus states that raw manna tasted like wafers that had been made with honey. the israelites were instructed to eat only the manna they had gathered for each day. stored manna "bred worms and stank": the exception being that stored the day before the sabbath (preparation day), when twice the amount of manna was gathered. this manna did not spoil overnight. exodus 16:23–24 states:this is what the lord commanded: "tomorrow is to be a day of rest, a holy sabbath to the lord. so bake what you want to bake and boil what you want to boil. save whatever is left and keep it until morning." so they saved it until morning, as moses commanded, and it did not stink or get maggots in it.
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