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Blessing: Temporal, from God in Egypt: Manna Exodus 16:14, 31

When the layer of dew had evaporated, there were thin flakes on the desert floor, as fine as frost on the ground. / Now the house of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey.

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Blessing: Temporal, from God in Egypt: Manna Numbers 11:7–9

Now the manna resembled coriander seed, and its appearance was like that of gum resin. / The people walked around and gathered it, ground it on a handmill or crushed it in a mortar, then boiled it in a cooking pot or shaped it into cakes. It tasted like pastry baked with fine oil. / When the dew fell on the camp at night, the manna would fall with it.

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Blessing: Temporal, from God in Egypt: Manna Nehemiah 9:15

In their hunger You gave them bread from heaven; in their thirst You brought them water from the rock. You told them to go in and possess the land which You had sworn to give them.

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Blessing: Temporal, from God in Egypt: Manna Psalm 78:23, 24

Yet He commanded the clouds above and opened the doors of the heavens. / He rained down manna for them to eat; He gave them grain from heaven.

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