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Manna to Israel well supplied MANNA

John Newton printed it in 1779 in Olney Hymns, Book I, no. 15, under Exodus 16:18.

WRITTEN BY

John Newton 1725–1807

PRINTED

1779 Olney Hymns · no. 15

METRE

Common Metre 8.6.8.6 · 7 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

Exodus 16:18 the verse printed above it

The hymn, and the Scripture in it

All 7 stanzas as Newton printed them, with the verses their lines echo beside them. Point at a line to join it to its verse; click to read the passage.

SHARED WORDSthe verse shares the line's wording ECHOproposed by an AI model, confirmed by a separate check Not the author's own notes

AMONG THE SCRIPTURES

The stanzas at the centre; around them, every book its heading and its echoes come from, Old Testament on the left and New on the right. Choose a stanza or a book.

a line echoes this verse its heading or an echo comes from here

STANZA I

Manna to Israel well supplied

The want of other bread;

While God is able to provide,

His people shall be fed.

No line of this stanza quotes a verse closely; it is the hymn's own confession.

Where Newton found it

Newton printed the hymn under Exodus 16:18. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

When they measured it by the omer, he who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no shortfall. Each one gathered as much as he needed to eat. EXODUS 16:18 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ EXODUS 16

Of his kind care how sweet a proof! It suited every taste; Who gathered most, had just enough, Enough, who gathered least. STANZA III

Its place in the book

Book I of Olney Hymns walks through the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, one hymn per passage: 141 hymns. This is number 15. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 15 · JOHN NEWTON · THIS HYMN Manna to Israel well supplied

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