Joshua 5:12

And the day after they had eaten from the produce of the land, the manna ceased. There was no more manna for the Israelites, so that year they began to eat the crops of the land of Canaan.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The narrator records the Israelites eating the land's produce the day after Passover, immediately following Joshua's leadership transition.

The words — וַיִּשְׁבֹּת (va.yishbot) = it ceased, and הַמָּן (ha.man) = the manna, marking the abrupt end of the wilderness provision.

The thread — Exodus 16:35 notes the manna lasted forty years until they reached a settled land. Nehemiah 9:20 recalls God's faithful provision of manna and water during the journey.

Why it lands — The text states that manna stopped the day after they ate the local crops, so that year they began eating Canaan's produce. It requires the reader to acknowledge the concrete fulfillment of the land promise and the necessary shift from miraculous sustenance to agricultural dependence.

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The Hebrew words

וַיִּשְׁבֹּ֨תva/i.yish.Botand/ it ceased הַמָּ֜ןha./Manthe/ manna מִֽמָּחֳרָ֗תmi./mo.cho.Ratfrom/ [the] next day בְּאָכְלָם֙be./'a.khe.La/mwhen/ ate/ they מֵעֲב֣וּרme./'a.Vursome of/ [the] produce of הָאָ֔רֶץha./'A.retzthe/ land וְלֹא־ve./lo'-and/ not הָ֥יָהHa.yahit belonged ע֛וֹדodagain לִבְנֵ֥יli/v.Neito/ [the] people of יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsrael מָ֑ןManmanna וַיֹּאכְל֗וּva/i.yo.khe.Luand/ they ate מִתְּבוּאַת֙mi./te.vu.'Atsome of/ [the] produce of אֶ֣רֶץ'E.retz[the] land of כְּנַ֔עַןke.Na.'anCanaan בַּשָּׁנָ֖הba./sha.Nahin the/ year הַהִֽיא׃ סha./Hi'<the>/ that

King James Version

And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.

Cross-references

Exodus 16:35 The Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a land where they could settle; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan.
Deuteronomy 6:10 And when the LORD your God brings you into the land He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that He would give you—a land with great and splendid cities that you did not build,
Nehemiah 9:20 You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold Your manna from their mouths, and You gave them water for their thirst.
Proverbs 13:22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.
Isaiah 65:13 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.
Revelation 7:16 ‘Never again will they hunger, and never will they thirst; nor will the sun beat down upon them, nor any scorching heat.’
John 4:38 I sent you to reap what you have not worked for; others have done the hard work, and now you have taken up their labor.”