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30 The people, therefore, rested on the seventh day.

31 The children of Israel called it manna. It was like coriander seed and was white. It tasted like wafers made from honey. 32 Moses said, “This is what the Lord has ordered: ‘Fill an omer and conserve it for your descendants so that they can see the bread that I gave you to eat in the desert, when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’ ”

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30 So the people rested on the seventh day.

31 The people of Israel called the bread manna.[a](A) It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey. 32 Moses said, “This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Take an omer of manna and keep it for the generations to come, so they can see the bread I gave you to eat in the wilderness when I brought you out of Egypt.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 16:31 Manna sounds like the Hebrew for What is it? (see verse 15).