*After the Israelites gathered the stuff off the ground, Moses told them they were not to keep it till morning. They did anyway and it became putrid. Every day they gathered up the " bread from heaven." When the sun got hot, it melted away. On the sixth day of the week, they gathered twice as much. Moses told them the next day would be a holy day of rest, a Sabbath. They could do whatever they wanted with the stuff and save it for the next day. They saved it this time and it did not rot. On the Sabbath, they did not find any on the ground and had to eat what they had saved. People went out to look for it anyway.
*Yahweh was a little peeved that the people didn't seem to trust him enough to obey his commands. After all, he generously gave them this day off. Now they better rest, or else. (You mean he didn't know ahead of time how the people would act?)
*The people called the bread "manna" which means something like "whatchamacallit." It was white like coriander seed (Coriander seed is light tan) and tasted like wafers made with honey. Yum.
*Moses commanded Aaron to put some in a jar and place it before the lord, to be kept for generations. This was Yahweh's idea. The Israelites ate manna for forty years, until they reached the border of Canaan.
*So, for forty years, magical food, that knew the days of the week and the time of day and the amount each person needed, appeared on the ground every morning. Since that time, it has never been seen or tasted. Almost like it never existed.
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