THE MAN NAMED MANNA
Interesting Interesting!! We we’re studying the Life of
Moses on our early morning Prayer and Bible Study call using the Complete
Jewish Bible (because for understanding of the truth, we want to see things as
close to the original Hebrew text as possible). In reading this translation of
John 6:49-51 we saw this: 49 Your fathers ate the man in the desert; they died. But the bread that comes down
from heaven is such that a person may eat it and not die. 51 I am the living bread that has
come down from heaven; if anyone eats this bread, he will live forever.
Notice
the text in 49 says your Fathers ate the man in the desert; they died. Is this
a misleading translation? Is this an attempt at deception or is it something
else? What are they talking about they ate the man in the desert? I know we
Jesus is the bread of life and we eat him but my Bible doesn’t say they ate the
man, my Bible says they ate manna.
Well
I did a little research from the Bible and other sources and I found out a
couple of pretty interesting things. Go with me if you will on a short journey
through the WORD of GOD to find out what is meant by this man and the word
manna; you may be surprised. (For
purposes of seeing things as
close to the original Hebrew text as possible we will use the Complete Jewish
Bible in this article).
Because manna was
first mentioned as I see it Exodus 16 we’re going to start there and come
forward to John and beyond.
Exodus 16: 1 They traveled on from Eilim, and the whole community of the
people of Isra'el arrived at the Seen Desert, between Eilim and Sinai, on the
fifteenth day of the second month after leaving the land of Egypt. 2 There in the desert the whole
community of the people of Isra'el grumbled against Moshe and Aharon. 3 The
people of Isra'el said to them, "We wish ADONAI had used his own hand to
kill us off in Egypt! There we used to sit around the pots with the meat
boiling, and we had as much food as we wanted. But you have taken us out into
this desert to let this whole assembly starve to death!" 4 ADONAI
said to Moshe, "Here, I will cause bread to rain down from heaven for you.
The people are to go out and gather a day's ration every day. By this I will
test whether they will observe my Torah or not. 5 On the
sixth day, when they prepare what they have brought in, it will turn out to be
twice as much as they gather on the other days." 6 Moshe and
Aharon said to all the people of Isra'el, "This evening, you will realize
that it has been ADONAI who brought you out of Egypt; 7 and in the
morning, you will see ADONAI's glory. For he has listened to your grumblings
against ADONAI - what are we that you should grumble against us?" 8 Moshe
added, "What I have said will happen when ADONAI gives you meat to eat
this evening and your fill of bread tomorrow morning. ADONAI has listened to
your complaints and grumblings against him - what are we? Your grumblings are
not against us but against ADONAI." 9 Moshe
said to Aharon, "Say to the whole community of Isra'el, 'Come close, into
the presence of ADONAI, for he has heard your grumblings.'" 10 As Aharon
spoke to the whole community of the people of Isra'el, they looked toward the
desert; and there before them the glory of ADONAI appeared in the cloud; 11 and
ADONAI said to Moshe, 12 "I
have heard the grumblings of the people of Isra'el. Say to them: 'At dusk you
will be eating meat, and in the morning you will have your fill of bread. Then
you will realize that I am ADONAI your God.'" 13 That evening,
quails came up and covered the camp; while in the morning there was a layer of
dew all around the camp. 14 When the dew
had evaporated, there on the surface of the desert was a fine flaky substance,
as fine as frost on the ground. 15 When the
people of Isra'el saw it, they asked each other, "Man hu? [What is
it?]"because they didn't know what it was. Moshe answered them, "It
is the bread which ADONAI has given you to eat. 16 Here is what ADONAI has ordered:
each man is to gather according to his appetite - each is to take an 'omer [two
quarts] per person for everyone in his tent." 17 The people of Isra'el did this. Some gathered more, some less;
18 but when they put
it in an 'omer-measure, whoever had gathered much had no excess; and whoever
had gathered little had no shortage; nevertheless each person had gathered
according to his appetite. 19 Moshe told them, "No one is to leave any of it till
morning." 20 But
they didn't pay attention to Moshe, and some kept the leftovers until morning.
It bred worms and rotted, which made Moshe angry at them. 21 So they gathered it morning
after morning, each person according to his appetite; but as the sun grew hot,
it melted. 22 On the
sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two 'omers per person; and all the
community leaders came and reported to Moshe. 23 He told them, "This is what ADONAI has said: 'Tomorrow is
a holy Shabbat for ADONAI. Bake what you want to bake; boil what you want to
boil; and whatever is left over, set aside and keep for the morning.'" 24 They set it aside till morning,
as Moshe had ordered; and it didn't rot or have worms. 25 Moshe said, "Today, eat
that; because today is a Shabbat for ADONAI - today you won't find it in the
field. 26 Gather it
six days, but the seventh day is the Shabbat - on that day there won't be
any." 27 However,
on the seventh day, some of the people went out to gather and found none. 28 ADONAI said to Moshe, "How
long will you refuse to observe my mitzvot and teachings? 29 Look,
ADONAI has given you the Shabbat. This is why he is providing bread for two
days on the sixth day. Each of you, stay where you are; no one is to leave his
place on the seventh day." 30 So the people rested on the seventh day. 31 The
people called the food man. It was like coriander seed, white; and it tasted
like honey cakes. 32 Moshe said, "Here is what
ADONAI has ordered: 'Let two quarts of man be kept through all your
generations, so that they will be able to see the bread which I fed you in the
desert when I brought you out of Egypt.'" 33 Moshe
said to Aharon, "Take a jar, put in it two quarts of man, and set it aside
before ADONAI to be kept through all your generations." 34 Just as ADONAI ordered Moshe,
Aharon set it aside before the testimony to be kept. 35 The
people of Isra'el ate man for forty years, until they came to an inhabited land.
They ate man until they arrived at the borders of the land of Kena'an. 36 (An 'omer
is one-tenth of an eifah [which is a bushel dry-measure].)
Exodus 16:3 – 12 (GOD provided them
bread from heaven because they were complaining against him- 3 The people
of Isra'el said to them, "We wish ADONAI had used his own hand to kill us
off in Egypt! There we used to sit around the pots with the meat boiling, and
we had as much food as we wanted. But you have taken us out into this desert to
let this whole assembly starve to death!" 4 ADONAI
said to Moshe, "Here, I will cause bread to rain down from heaven for you.
The people are to go out and gather a day's ration every day. By this I will
test whether they will observe my Torah or not. 5 On the
sixth day, when they prepare what they have brought in, it will turn out to be
twice as much as they gather on the other days." 6 Moshe and
Aharon said to all the people of Isra'el, "This evening, you will realize
that it has been ADONAI who brought you out of Egypt; 7 and in
the morning, you will see ADONAI's glory. For he has listened to your
grumblings against ADONAI - what are we that you should grumble against
us?" 8 Moshe added, "What I have
said will happen when ADONAI gives you meat to eat this evening and your fill of
bread tomorrow morning. ADONAI has listened to your complaints and grumblings
against him - what are we? Your grumblings are not against us but against
ADONAI." 9 Moshe said to Aharon, "Say
to the whole community of Isra'el, 'Come close, into the presence of ADONAI,
for he has heard your grumblings.'" 10 As Aharon
spoke to the whole community of the people of Isra'el, they looked toward the
desert; and there before them the glory of ADONAI appeared in the cloud; 11 and
ADONAI said to Moshe, 12 "I
have heard the grumblings of the people of Isra'el. Say to them: 'At dusk you
will be eating meat, and in the morning you will have your fill of bread. Then
you will realize that I am ADONAI your God.'")
Exodus 16:13 – 14 (It was a fine flaky
SUBSTANCE, as fine as frost on the ground - That evening, quails came up and covered the camp; while in
the morning there was a layer of dew all around the camp. 14 When the dew
had evaporated, there on the surface of the desert was a fine flaky substance,
as fine as frost on the ground.)
Exodus 16:15 (The word English word
MANNA in Hebrew is MAN HU and means What is it? -They did not know what the
stuff was that was on the ground. When the people of Isra'el saw it, they asked each other, "Man hu?
[What is it?]"because they didn't know what it was. Moshe answered them,
"It is the bread which ADONAI has given you to eat.
I was looking at this in my NIV and
where the word Man-hu is, there’s that same question that’s inside the brackets
that reads “What is it”. This question is also in the NLT, ESV, NASB, Holman
Christian Bible, ISV, Net Bible, ASV, Douay-Rheims, Darby Bible, ERV, Word
English and Young’s Literal Translation.
The King James Bible and Webster’s
Bible translated the question the children of Israel had “What is it” to manna.
(Remember they did not know what the stuff was on the ground.)
Exodus 16:29 (It was bread- Look, ADONAI has given you the
Shabbat. This is why he is providing bread for two days on the sixth day.)
Exodus 16:31 (The people called the
food man. It was like coriander seed, white; and it tasted like
honey cakes.)
Exodus 16:35 – 36 (The people of Isra'el ate man
for forty years, until they came to an inhabited land. They ate man until they
arrived at the borders of the land of Kena'an. 36 (An 'omer
is one-tenth of an eifah [which is a bushel dry-measure].)
Most of the translations I have seen
use the word manna in verses 31, 33 & 35
here so I looked up the word manna in the Strong’s Concordance and found
the Strong’s Concordance reference number for each of these verses is 4478 it
translates the word back to the Hebrew word – man. Therefore as the Complete Jewish Bible has
appropriately translated in verse 31 the people called the food man. The stuff
that the people didn’t know what it was and asked “What is it or Man Hu, they
named it man but it was bread according to verse 29, it was like coriander
seed, white and tasted like honey cakes according to verse 31.
I’m still waiting on an email response
from the Rabbi but I have provided references below if you desire to check them
out and study this again on your own for yourself.
John 6:22 The next day, the crowd
which had stayed on the other side of the lake noticed that there had been only
one boat there, and that Yeshua had not entered the boat with his talmidim, but
that the talmidim had been alone when they sailed off. 23 Then other boats, from Tiberias,
came ashore near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had
made the b'rakhah. 24
Accordingly, when the crowd saw that neither Yeshua nor his talmidim were there, they themselves
boarded the boats and made for K'far-Nachum in search of Yeshua. 25 When they
found him on the other side of the lake, they asked him, "Rabbi, when did
you get here?" 26 Yeshua answered, "Yes,
indeed! I tell you, you're not looking for me because you saw miraculous signs,
but because you ate the bread and had all you wanted! 27 Don't
work for the food which passes away but for the food that stays on into eternal
life, which the Son of Man will give you. For this is the one on whom God the Father has put his
seal." 28 So they said to him, "What
should we do in order to perform the works of God?" 29 Yeshua answered,
"Here's what the work of God is: to trust in the one he sent!"
30 They said
to him, "Nu, what miracle will you do for us, so that we may see it and
trust you? What work can you perform? 31 Our
fathers ate man in the desert -- as it says in the Tanakh, `He gave them bread
from heaven to eat.' 32 Yeshua said to them, "Yes,
indeed! I tell you it wasn't Moshe who gave you the bread from heaven. But my
Father is giving you the genuine bread from heaven; 33 for God's
bread is the one who comes down out of heaven and gives life to the
world." 34 They said to him, "Sir,
give us this bread from now on." 35 Yeshua
answered, "I am the bread which is life! Whoever comes to me will never go
hungry, and whoever trusts in me will never be thirsty. 36 I told you
that you have seen but still don't trust. 37 Everyone the
Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will certainly not
turn away. 38 For I have come down from heaven to
do not my own will but the will of the One who sent me. 39 And this is
the will of the One who sent me: that I should not lose any of all those he has
given me but should raise them up on the Last Day. 40 Yes, this is
the will of my Father: that all who see the Son and trust in him should have
eternal life, and that I should raise them up on the Last Day." 41 At this the
Judeans began grumbling about him because he said, "I am the bread which
has come down from heaven." 42 They said,
"Isn't this Yeshua Ben-Yosef? We know his father and mother! How can he
now say, `I have come down from heaven'?" 43 Yeshua
answered them, "Stop grumbling to each other! 44 No one can
come to me unless the Father -- the One who sent me -- draws him. And I will
raise him up on the Last Day. 45 It is written
in the Prophets, `They will all be taught by ADONAI. Everyone who listens to
the Father and learns from him comes to me. 46 Not that
anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God -- he has seen the
Father. 47 Yes, indeed! I tell you,
whoever trusts has eternal life: 48 I am the
bread which is life. 49 Your fathers ate the man in the desert; they died.
50 But the bread that comes down from
heaven is such that a person may eat it and not die. 51 I am the living bread that has
come down from heaven; if anyone eats this bread, he will live forever.
Furthermore, the bread that I will give is my own flesh; and I will give it for
the life of the world." 52 At this, the Judeans disputed with
one another, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" 53 Then Yeshua
said to them, "Yes, indeed! I tell you that unless you eat the flesh of
the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life in yourselves. 54 Whoever eats
my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life -- that is, I will raise him up
on the Last Day. 55 For my flesh is true food, and my
blood is true drink. 56 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my
blood lives in me, and I live in him. 57 Just as the
living Father sent me, and I live through the Father, so also who ever eats me
will live through me. 58 So this is
the bread that has come down from heaven -- it is not like the bread the
fathers ate; they're dead, but whoever eats this bread will live forever!"
59 He said these
things as he was teaching in a synagogue in K'far-Nachum. 60 On hearing
it, many of his talmidim said, "This is a hard word -- who can bear to
listen to it?" 61 But Yeshua, aware that his talmidim
were grumbling about this, said to them, "This is a trap for you? 62 Suppose you
were to see the Son of Man going back up to where he was before? 63 It is the
Spirit who gives life, the flesh is no help. The words I have spoken to you are Spirit and life, 64 yet some
among you do not trust." (For Yeshua knew from the outset which ones would
not trust him, also which one would betray him.) 65
"This," he said, "is why I told you that no one can come to me
unless the Father has made it possible for him." 66 From this
time on, many of his talmidim turned back and no longer traveled around with
him. 67 So Yeshua said to the Twelve,
"Don't you want to leave too?" 68 Shim`on Kefa
answered him, "Lord, to whom would we go? You have the word of eternal
life. 69 We have trusted, and we know that
you are the Holy One of God." 70 Yeshua
answered them, "Didn't I choose you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is an
adversary." 71 (He was speaking of Y'hudah
Ben-Shim`on, from K'riot; for this man -- one of the Twelve! -- was soon to
betray him.)
Revelation 2:12 "To
the angel of the Messianic Community in Pergamum, write: 'Here is the message
from the one who has the sharp double-edged sword: 13 "I know where you are
living, there where the Adversary's throne is. Yet you are holding onto my
name. You did not deny trusting me even at the time when my faithful witness
Antipas was put to death in your town, there where the Adversary lives. 14 Nevertheless, I have a few
things against you: you have some people who hold to the teaching of Bil'am,
who taught Balak to set a trap for the people of Isra'el, so that they would
eat food that had been sacrificed to idols and commit sexual sin. 15 Likewise, you too have people
who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans. 16 Therefore, turn from these sins. Otherwise, I will come to you
very soon and make war against them with the sword of my mouth. 17 Those who have ears, let them
hear what the Spirit is saying to the Messianic communities. To him winning the victory I
will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone, on
which is written a new name that nobody knows except the one receiving
it."
Revelation 2:17-Remember the word
English word MANNA in Hebrew is MAN HU and means What is it? – (Those who have ears, let them hear what the Spirit is saying to
the Messianic communities. To
him winning the victory I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give
him a white stone, on which is written a new name that nobody knows except the
one receiving it.")
The NIV, NLT, ESV, NASB, King James,
Holman Christian, ISV, NET Bible, Aramaic Bible in Plain English, GOD’s WORD
Translation, Kings James 2000, American King James, ASV, Douay-Rheims, Darby
Bible, ERV, Webster’s Bible Translation, Weymouth New Testament, World English
and Young’s Literal Translation all say hidden manna or manna which is hidden
here in Revelation 2:17 so I looked up this scripture in the lexicon and saw
the Strong’s Concordance for manna here is G3131 meaning “what is it”. So the
Complete Jewish Bible used the word manna here where it should have been Man
Hu.
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You gave your good Spirit to
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As the LORD commanded Moses, Aaron
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... of the covenant. This ark contained the gold jar of manna,
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Whoever has ears, let them hear
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Article
written and published by Evangelist Nicole Williams-Lewis 07/19/2013
Please feel free to distribute as the LORD leads you
taking care not to take away or change the content of the writing. Further
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Peace and blessings from the Father and our LORD Jesus unto you.
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