The Lord told them this was bread from heaven, and that they were to gather a measure—called an omer—full for each person, which would make them enough bread for the whole day.
On the day before the Sabbath, they were told to gather two omers full for every person, and to make it into cakes ready for the Sabbath day.
The taste of the cakes was like wafers made with honey.
And now, children, here comes a very sweet little lesson for you and for me.
Jesus is the true Bread from heaven, and every day, if we want to grow strong, and brave, and good, we should—before we begin the work, or play, or school of our day—kneel down and ask God to give us a sight of Jesus, and to let us taste the sweetness of His love. This will be our Bread from Heaven!
But soon came another difficulty. As the great company moved on their journey, they left the water which God had made sweet far behind them; and very soon they were thirsty again, and there was no water to drink!
They forgot all about the Manna and the sweetened water at Marah; and they went and scolded Moses again.
So God told Moses to go to the Rock in Horeb, and to strike it with his Rod, and water would flow out of it for the people to drink.
Moses did exactly as God told him, and the water flowed from the Rock, and so the People drank and were no longer thirsty.