So at evening quail came and covered the camp. In the morning there was a layer of dew all around the camp. When the layer of dew evaporated, there were fine flakes on the desert surface, as fine as frost on the ground. When the Israelites saw it, they asked one another, ‘What is it?’ because they didn’t know what it was. Moses told them, ‘It is the bread the Lord has given you to eat. This is what the Lord has commanded: “Gather as much of it as each person needs to eat. You may take two quarts per individual, according to the number of people each of you has in his tent.”‘” (CSB – Read the chapter)
Have you ever seen or experienced something that went beyond your ability to describe it? We did a fire in our fire pit the other night. Over the last several months we had collected a ton of sticks and small limbs from around our yard and burned all of them. It didn’t take long because they were so dry. By the time we were finished, there was an incredible base of glowing embers in the bottom of the pit. At one point, I spread it all out, and the entire bottom of our fire pit was covered by them. They were all glowing with different shades of orange and red that were constantly swirling and changing. It was amazing to look at. I don’t have words to fully describe what it looked like. The first morning after God announced the provision of manna for Israel, the people walked out and found it there. What we have here is their attempt to describe it. Let’s talk about what we see.
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