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και ουκ εισηκουσαν μωυση αλλα κατελιπον τινες απ' αυτου εις το πρωι και εξεζεσεν σκωληκας και επωζεσεν και επικρανθη επ' αυτοις μωυσης
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και ουκ εισηκουσαν μωυση αλλα κατελιπον τινες απ' αυτου εις το πρωι και εξεζεσεν σκωληκας και επωζεσεν και επικρανθη επ' αυτοις μωυσης
8520. 'And the house of Israel called its name Man' means its essential nature among them. This is clear from the meaning of 'name' and 'calling the name' as the essential nature of a thing, dealt with in 144, 145, 1896, 2009, 2724, 3006, 3421, 6674. The fact that it was called Man because they did not know what it was, and that it means the good of truth, which is the good of those belonging to the spiritual Church, see 8462, 8464.
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Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.
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This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, that anyone may eat of it and not die.
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I am the living bread which came down out of heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. Yes, the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."