And had rained down manna upon them to eat,.... So called, either from hnm, "manah", which signifies to prepare, appoint, and distribute, because this was food prepared of God for the Israelites without them, and was their provision, their appointed portion, and which was daily distributed to them in measure; or from the wordswh Nm, "man hu", what is it?
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Psalms 78:24
Psalms 78:24
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