When the dew evaporated, there was something thin and flaky on the surface of the desert. It was as delicate as frost.

When the Israelites saw it, they didn't know what it was and asked each other, "What is it?" Moses said to them, "This is the food that the LORD has given you to eat.

The people of Israel called the food manna. It was like a small white seed, and tasted like thin cakes made with honey.

As for us, we proclaim the crucified Christ, a message that is offensive to the Jews and nonsense to the Gentiles;

but for those whom God has called, both Jews and Gentiles, this message is Christ, who is the power of God and the wisdom of God.

"If you have ears, then, listen to what the Spirit says to the churches! "To those who win the victory I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give each of them a white stone on which is written a new name that no one knows except the one who receives it.

(Pure gold is found there and also rare perfume and precious stones.)