Exodus 16:14
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When the layer of dew had evaporated, there were thin flakes on the desert floor, as fine as frost on the ground.
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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.
They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
He rained down manna for them to eat; He gave them grain from heaven.
He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.
Now the house of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey.
He spreads the snow like wool; He scatters the frost like ashes;