How many times is manna mentioned in the Bible?
The word manna appears 19 times in the King James Version, in 17 verses. It is found in 9 of the 66 books. The World English Bible uses manna 18 times.
Manna in the King James Version and the World English Bible
Each form of manna counted in each translation.
| Form | KJV | WEB |
|---|---|---|
| manna | 19 | 18 |
| Total | 19 | 18 |
Which books mention manna most
Manna appears in 9 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Exodus has the most (5), then Numbers (3) and John (3).
First and last mention of manna
And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
The verse that uses it most is Exodus 16:35, 2 times (tied with Joshua 5:12):
And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.
Where the two translations differ
1 verse matches in the KJV but not in the World English Bible, and 0 verses match only in the World English Bible, usually because the other translation chose a different word there.
Exodus 16:15: counted in the KJV only
And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.
When the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?” For they didn’t know what it was. Moses said to them, “It is the bread which Yahweh has given you to eat.”
Verses with manna on our topic pages
1 verse that uses manna in the World English Bible is in our topic collections.
He humbled you, and allowed you to be hungry, and fed you with manna, which you didn’t know, neither did your fathers know; that he might teach you that man does not live by bread only, but man lives by every word that proceeds out of Yahweh’s mouth.
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Common questions
How many times is manna in the Old Testament and the New Testament?
In the King James Version, counting every form, 14 of the 19 uses are in the Old Testament and 5 in the New Testament. Manna appears in 9 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Exodus has the most (5), then Numbers (3) and John (3).
Where is manna first mentioned in the Bible?
The first use in the King James Version is Exodus 16:15: "And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat." The last is Revelation 2:17.
More word counts: Passover, Jehovah, Yahweh, Leviathan, Antichrist, thus saith the LORD, verily, verily, born again, or all 253 words.
Counted by Bible Says About from the full public-domain text of the King James Version (1769 edition) and the World English Bible. Verse text only: headings and psalm titles are left out. A word is a run of letters: a hyphenated name like Beer-sheba counts as two, and an apostrophe stays inside its word (LORD'S is one). Matching ignores capital letters. Data compiled 2026-10-05.