EXODUS 16

GOD PROVIDES MANNA + QUAIL FOR THE ISRAELITES

The Israelites become hungry, so Moses asks God for food and God provides them with meat in the evenings and bread in the morning.

God provides food every day, but the people are not to take more than they need for each day. Every week on the sixth day, God provides a double portion so that they can collect enough for the seventh day and not work on the Sabbath.

Even with God’s constant provision, some of the Israelites collect food on the seventh day, which angers God. Whenever they try to save an excess, the food rots and gets worms. God wants them to follow the instructions He has given them and be thankful for all that He has provided. 

They call the bread “manna” and describe it as wafers that taste like honey.