🏜️the wilderness🐦quail❄️thin flakes🏺a jar kept as a reminder
Bread in the wilderness.
The big ideaThe Bible tells us God gave his people enough bread, one morning at a time.
How it works
After the sea, the people walked into the wilderness, a dry, wild land with no farms or shops. Their food ran out, and they grumbled to Moses and Aaron that they were hungry.
God said he would rain down bread from heaven, and each day the people must gather just enough. That evening quail flew in, and there was meat for supper.
In the morning, when the dew dried, small thin flakes lay on the ground like frost. This bread is called manna. Each family gathered what it needed, and nobody ran short.
The extra spoiled by morning, but on the sixth day they gathered double and it kept fresh. On the seventh day they rested. The bread came for forty years.
The first morning.The week.
Example 1: Count the portions
Look at the week: one portion a day, and two on the sixth day.
Days 1 to 5 are 5 portions.
5 + 2 = 7
So days 1 to 6 give 7 portions in all.
Example 2: Just enough
Moses said to gather as much as each person needs, and no more.
Some families gathered a lot, and some only a little.
At home each family had just the amount it needed.
Example 3: The seventh day
Moses said nobody should gather on the seventh day.
Some people went out to look anyway, and there were none to find.
God had given them a day to rest, and the bread for it was already there.
Example 4: A jar as a reminder
Moses had a jar filled with some of the bread.
He kept it as a reminder.
The bread came every morning for forty years, all the time they were in the desert.
Words to know
manna
The bread from God that the people found on the ground.
trust
To count on someone to do what they promised.
wilderness
A dry, wild land with no farms or towns.
quail
A small, plump bird that flies in flocks.
Watch out
The people did not buy or grow this bread. It lay on the ground each morning.
Extra kept past morning spoiled, except on the sixth day, when they gathered double and it kept fresh.
On the seventh day there was none to find.
Try it
What was the dry, wild land called?
How much did each family gather?
One portion a day, and two on the sixth day. How many portions on days 1 to 6?
What did the people do on the seventh day?
Answers: 1. The wilderness · 2. Just what it needed for that day · 3. 7 · 4. They rested
Try at homeWith a grown-up, name three things you were given today, like food or a hug, and say thank you.
For grown-upsTry the mission: name three things your child was given today, such as food or a hug, and say thank you together. The story says what happened to the people; your child can say what they notice.
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