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<li>Only manna (and שלו)<fn>In contrast to other commentators such as R. Yosef Bekhor Shor and Abarbanel who maintain that the שלו did not come daily, but only in the stories in which it appears, Ramban follows Bavli Arakhin 15b that it was eaten every day.</fn> for the entire forty years – <multilink><a href="RambanShemot16-4" data-aht="source">Ramban</a><a href="RambanShemot16-4" data-aht="source">Shemot 16:4</a><a href="RambanShemot16-12" data-aht="source">Shemot 16:12</a><a href="R. Moshe b. Nachman (Ramban, Nachmanides)" data-aht="parshan">About Ramban</a></multilink>.</li>
 
<li>Only manna (and שלו)<fn>In contrast to other commentators such as R. Yosef Bekhor Shor and Abarbanel who maintain that the שלו did not come daily, but only in the stories in which it appears, Ramban follows Bavli Arakhin 15b that it was eaten every day.</fn> for the entire forty years – <multilink><a href="RambanShemot16-4" data-aht="source">Ramban</a><a href="RambanShemot16-4" data-aht="source">Shemot 16:4</a><a href="RambanShemot16-12" data-aht="source">Shemot 16:12</a><a href="R. Moshe b. Nachman (Ramban, Nachmanides)" data-aht="parshan">About Ramban</a></multilink>.</li>
<li>The manna fell only when there was no alternative source of food – <multilink><a href="RashbamDevarim2-7" data-aht="source">Rashbam</a><a href="RashbamDevarim2-7" data-aht="source">Devarim 2:7</a><a href="R. Shemuel b. Meir (Rashbam)" data-aht="parshan">About Rashbam</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="MinchahDevarim2-28" data-aht="source">Minchah Belulah</a><a href="MinchahDevarim2-28" data-aht="source">Devarim 2:28</a><a href="R. Avraham Porto (Minchah Belulah)" data-aht="parshan">About Minchah Belulah</a></multilink>.<fn>See also Bavli Kiddushin 38a, Ibn Ezra Shemot 16:35, and Seforno Shemot 16:35 regarding the latter part of the fortieth year.</fn></li>
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<li>The manna fell only when there was no alternative source of food – <multilink><a href="RashbamDevarim2-7" data-aht="source">Rashbam</a><a href="RashbamDevarim2-7" data-aht="source">Devarim 2:7</a><a href="R. Shemuel b. Meir (Rashbam)" data-aht="parshan">About Rashbam</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="MinchahDevarim2-28" data-aht="source">Minchah Belulah</a><a href="MinchahDevarim2-28" data-aht="source">Devarim 2:28</a><a href="R. Avraham Porto (Minchah Belulah)" data-aht="parshan">About Minchah Belulah</a></multilink>.<fn>See also Bavli Kiddushin 38a, Ibn Ezra Shemot 16:35, and Sforno Shemot 16:35 regarding the latter part of the fortieth year.</fn></li>
 
<li>There were generally other sources of food, and the purpose of the manna was only to be a supplement and prevent depletion of supplies and money – <multilink><a href="HoilShemot16-18" data-aht="source">Hoil Moshe</a><a href="HoilShemot16-18" data-aht="source">Shemot 16:18</a><a href="HoilBemidbar21-5" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 21:5</a><a href="HoilBemidbar21-14" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 21:14</a><a href="HoilBemidbar22-4" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 22:4</a><a href="HoilDevarim2-7" data-aht="source">Devarim 2:7</a><a href="R. Moshe Yitzchak Ashkenazi (Hoil Moshe)" data-aht="parshan">About Hoil Moshe</a></multilink>.<fn>See also R. D"Z Hoffmann Shemot 3:22 who says that the Israelites needed the gold and silver they took from Egypt to purchase food in the desert.</fn></li>
 
<li>There were generally other sources of food, and the purpose of the manna was only to be a supplement and prevent depletion of supplies and money – <multilink><a href="HoilShemot16-18" data-aht="source">Hoil Moshe</a><a href="HoilShemot16-18" data-aht="source">Shemot 16:18</a><a href="HoilBemidbar21-5" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 21:5</a><a href="HoilBemidbar21-14" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 21:14</a><a href="HoilBemidbar22-4" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 22:4</a><a href="HoilDevarim2-7" data-aht="source">Devarim 2:7</a><a href="R. Moshe Yitzchak Ashkenazi (Hoil Moshe)" data-aht="parshan">About Hoil Moshe</a></multilink>.<fn>See also R. D"Z Hoffmann Shemot 3:22 who says that the Israelites needed the gold and silver they took from Egypt to purchase food in the desert.</fn></li>
 
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<h2>Livestock</h2>
 
<h2>Livestock</h2>
 
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<li>The nation had significant livestock throughout the forty years – This would be the simple reading of <a href="Bemidbar20-1" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 20:4,11</a>.</li>
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<li>The nation had significant livestock throughout the forty years – This would be the simple reading of <a href="Bemidbar20-1" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 20:4,11</a>.</li>
<li>The people did not have any animals during most of their stay – <multilink><a href="IbnEzraShemot29-42" data-aht="source">Ibn Ezra</a><a href="IbnEzraShemot29-42" data-aht="source">Shemot Long Commentary 29:42</a><a href="R. Avraham ibn Ezra" data-aht="parshan">About Ibn Ezra</a></multilink>.</li>
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<li>The people did not have any animals during most of their stay – <multilink><a href="IbnEzraShemot29-42" data-aht="source">Ibn Ezra</a><a href="IbnEzraShemot29-42" data-aht="source">Shemot Long Commentary 29:42</a><a href="R. Avraham ibn Ezra" data-aht="parshan">About Ibn Ezra</a></multilink>.</li>
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<h2>Hashem's Miracles</h2>
 
<h2>Hashem's Miracles</h2>
<p>Completely supernatural or using laws of nature? See <a href="$">Miracles – Natural and Supernatural</a>.</p>
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<p>Completely supernatural or using laws of nature? See <a href="Philosophy:Miracles" data-aht="page">Miracles</a>.</p>
 
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<li>מן – See <a href="$">Shemot 16</a>.</li>
 
<li>מן – See <a href="$">Shemot 16</a>.</li>

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Life in the Wilderness

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Introduction

What was the nature of life in the midbar (מדבר)? Was it a completely miraculous existence or was it a typical nomadic lifestyle supplemented by the occasional miracle? Were the miracles achieved by completely supernatural methods or by harnessing the laws of nature? These questions are partially dependent on defining the general term מדבר and identifying the specific terrain of the Israelites' route:

The Term מדבר

Food Supply

Water Resources

Clothing

Employment

Livestock

Hashem's Miracles

Completely supernatural or using laws of nature? See Miracles.