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- Description
- Biblical narrative
- Quranic narrative
- Identification
- Differences
- Origin
- Use and function
- Gathering
- Sabbath
- Duration of supply
- Later cultural references
- Manna in medicine
- References in medieval Muslim works
- References in medieval Christian works
- References in the 17th and 18th centuries
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
upright=1.35|thumb|The Gathering of the Manna by James Tissot
Manna (, ; ), sometimes or archaically spelled mana, is described in the Bible and the Quran as an edible substance that God bestowed upon the Israelites while they were wandering the desert during the 40-year period that followed the Exodus and preceded the conquest of Canaan.