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 did all eat the same spiritual meat;
• Deut 1:8Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.
• Exod 17:6Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
• Exod 16:4Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.
• Exod 16:14–15And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.
• John 6:31–35Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.
• Ps 105:40–41The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
• Ps 114:8Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.
• Ezek 20:15Yet also I lifted up my hand unto 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 78:24–25And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.
• Deut 8:3And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.
• Num 14:30Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
• Deut 8:15–16Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
• Neh 9:20Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.
• Josh 1:2–4Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel.
• Gen 14:22And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
• Ps 77:15–20Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.
• Deut 1:21Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and possess it, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be discouraged.
• Num 20:7–13And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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