model of Moses (Deut. 18:15), who would duplicate the miracle of Moses: he would be able to revive the treasury once again, he would return the prowess of Moses, and he would bring about a liberation that (in Jesus’ day) Jews yearned for. They looked for “bread from heaven” just as Moses had given it (Ps. 78:25). An ancient Jewish writing called 2 Baruch puts it clearly: “The treasury of manna shall again descend from on high, and they will eat of it in those years” (2 Bar. 29:8). An ancient Jewish