The word in Scripture

Manna in the Bible

The word manna appears 19 times in the King James Version of the Bible. Manna was the bread from heaven that fed Israel in the desert. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What manna means in the Bible

Manna was the bread from heaven that fed Israel in the desert.

Where the word manna appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word manna appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.”Exodus 16:35

“But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.”Numbers 11:6

“Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;”Deuteronomy 8:16

“Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.”Nehemiah 9:20

“And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.”Psalms 78:24

“Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.”John 6:31

“Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;”Hebrews 9:4

“He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.”Revelation 2:17