Exodus 16:31–36 31The house of Israel called it manna; it was like coriander seed, white, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey. 32Moses said, “This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Let an omer of it be kept throughout your generations, in order that they may see the food with which I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’ ” 33And Moses said to Aaron, “Take a jar, and put an omer of manna in it, and place it before the Lord, to be kept throughout your generations.” 34As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron placed it before the covenant, for safekeeping. 35The Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a habitable land; they ate manna, until they came to the border of the land of Canaan. 36An omer is a tenth of an ephah.
Glancing Back
Last in a Series “Living Forward”
1) Keep the manna safe for generations,
2) but eat the milk and honey.
Key verse for the week
The Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a habitable land; they ate manna, until they came to the border of the land of Canaan. -Exodus 16:35
Questions for conversation and reflection
What are some of the wilderness times in which God has provided you manna? What are some things at which you stare too long?
Possible next best steps for you
• Write a note of gratitude to a member of the armed forces or a veteran or veterans family, or make a donation to a charity that serves veterans families. (Go to charitynavigator.org and look under “hot topics.”)
• Next Sunday, 6/2, from 12:30-2 at our Gethsemane campus, bag beans and rice for distribution to local food pantries. Contact Madeline Beem at mbeem@stlukesmethodist.org