The Manna

Having delivered the people of Israel from their Egyptian bondage, the Lord led them into a region of deserts, waterless tablelands, barren mountain chains and valleys where streams ran dry -- the Sinai Peninsula. By bringing them into this trackless wilderness, the Lord took from them every natural resource and in particular bread -- such bread as is the product of man's own industry. It thus seemed as though they were doomed to perish from hunger. The carnal Israel so judged. They said,...