Nehemiah 9:15

God fed them with bread from heaven, brought water from the rock, and commanded them to take the land. It matters because God provided for every need on the way to his promise.

Cross-references · 19

• 1 Cor 10:3–4and all ate the same spiritual food;
• Deut 1:8Behold, I have set the land before you. Go in and possess the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them and to their offspring after them.’”
• Exod 17:6Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb. You shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink.” Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
• Exod 16:4Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain bread from the sky for you, and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in my law, or not.
• Exod 16:14–15When the dew that lay had gone, behold, on the surface of the wilderness was a small round thing, small as the frost on the ground.
• John 6:31–35Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness. As it is written, ‘He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.’”
• Ps 105:40–41They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of the sky.
• Ps 114:8who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a spring of waters.
• Ezek 20:15Moreover also I swore to them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;
• Ps 78:24–25He rained down manna on them to eat, and gave them food from the sky.
• Deut 8:3He humbled you, and allowed you to be hungry, and fed you with manna, which you didn’t know, neither did your fathers know; that he might teach you that man does not live by bread only, but man lives by every word that proceeds out of Yahweh’s mouth.
• Num 14:30surely you shall not come into the land, concerning which I swore that I would make you dwell therein, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
• Deut 8:15–16who led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with venomous snakes and scorpions, and thirsty ground where there was no water; who poured water for you out of the rock of flint;
• Neh 9:20You gave also your good Spirit to instruct them, and didn’t withhold your manna from their mouth, and gave them water for their thirst.
• Josh 1:2–4“Moses my servant is dead. Now therefore arise, go across this Jordan, you, and all these people, to the land which I am giving to them, even to the children of Israel.
• Gen 14:22Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have lifted up my hand to Yahweh, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth,
• Ps 77:15–20You have redeemed your people with your arm, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.
• Deut 1:21Behold, Yahweh your God has set the land before you. Go up, take possession, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has spoken to you. Don’t be afraid, neither be dismayed.”
• Num 20:7–13Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

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