Question: what did the israelites eat during their wandering in the wilderness
Answer: Manna ( Hebrew : מָן ‎ mān , Greek : μάννα ; Arabic : المَنّ ‎ , Persian : گزانگبین ‎ ) , sometimes or archaically spelled mana , is an edible substance which God provided for the Israelites during their travels in the desert during the forty - year period following the Exodus and prior to the conquest of Canaan .