Manna

The source of food provided miraculously for the children of Israel during their desert wanderings. The NT sees this heavenly food as a symbol of Jesus Christ as the bread of life.

Manna provided by God

Exodus 16:31; Joshua 5:12 See also Exodus 16:32–35; Numbers 11:6–9; Nehemiah 9:15; Psalm 78:24–25; John 6:31, John 6:49; Hebrews 9:4

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

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.

Manna as a type

A type of the word of God

Deuteronomy 8:3 See also Deuteronomy 8:16; Nehemiah 9:20; Matthew 4:4

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 of the LORD.

A type of Jesus Christ

John 6:50–51 See also John 6:32–35, John 6:47–48, John 6:52–58

This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is My flesh.”

A symbol of future blessing

Revelation 2:17