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Manna in the wilderness

Manna in the wilderness is dated 1446 BC in the Modern reckoning and 1491 BC in the Traditional. It is told in Exodus 16:15.

When the Israelites saw it, they asked one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was.

So Moses told them, “It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat.

Exodus 16:15 BSB

When did it happen?

Modern reckoning
1446 BC
Traditional reckoning
1491 BC
How it's dated
the Bible's numbers

A month after the Exodus (Exodus 16:1).

Dates before about 900 BC depend on how the Bible's own numbers are added up. Why the two reckonings differ.

Sources: Theographic verse years, Exodus 16; Exodus 16:1.

Where is it in the Bible?

Promises kept

  • Bread from heaven: Manna in the wilderness → Jesus: “I am the bread of life”, ~1,470–1,480 years (Modern).

Which verses connect to Exodus 16:15?

The strongest cross-references of the key verse, ranked by reader votes (OpenBible.info).

  1. Exodus 16:411 votes

    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test whether or not they will follow My instructions.

  2. John 6:31–328 votes

    Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.

  3. John 6:588 votes

    This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your fathers, who ate the manna and died, the one who eats this bread will live forever.”

  4. Exodus 16:317 votes

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

  5. Deuteronomy 8:36 votes

    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.

  6. 1 Corinthians 10:36 votes

    They all ate the same spiritual food

Events, people and places: Theographic Bible Metadata (Robert Rouse), CC BY-SA 4.0, reshaped; dates also from the sources named on each anchor.