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When the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, "What is it?" For they didn`t know what it was. Moses said to them, "It is the bread which Yahweh has given you to eat."
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What Does "Manna" Mean?
Scholars debate the exact meaning of the Israelites' exclamation, "Man hu." While many translations render it as a question, "What is this?", reflecting their confusion, other commentators suggest it means "This is a gift" or "This is a portion." As John Calvin notes, their response was a mix of recognizing God's power while being veiled by unbelief, unable to fully grasp the promised bounty they were seeing.
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Exodus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
It is manna - “Man” or “man-hut,” that is, white manna, was the name under which the substance was known to the Egyptians and, therefore, to…
19th Century
Anglican
It is manna. —This is certainly a wrong translation. The words of the original, man hu, must either be rendered, as in th…
Baptist
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 d…
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16th Century
Protestant
And when the children of Israel saw. The Israelites showed some sign of gratitude in calling the food given to them from heaven, Man
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And when the children of Israel saw it As they could not but observe it, it being spread over the face of the wilder…
At evening the quails came up, and the people caught with ease as many as they needed. The manna came down in dew. They called it —Manna, Manhu,— w…
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