The manna came down on the camp with the dew during the night.
Parallel translations
- WEB When the dew fell on the camp in the night, the manna fell on it.
- KJV And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.
- BSB When the dew fell on the camp at night, the manna would fall with it.
- NKJV And when the dew fell on the camp in the night, the manna fell on it.
- NASB When the dew came down on the camp at night, the manna would come down with it.
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Quick answer
The manna fell with the night dew, a quiet daily miracle. God's faithfulness was steady and unfailing.
Overview
Each night the dew brought the manna, picturing God's constant, hidden care. The rhythm of provision taught Israel to depend on the LORD day by day. This daily bread becomes a model for the trust Jesus teaches in the Lord's Prayer (Matt. 6:11).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Exod 16:13–14In the evening, quail came up and covered the camp; and in the morning the dew lay around the camp.
- Ps 78:23–25Yet he commanded the skies above, and opened the doors of heaven.
- Ps 105:40They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of the sky.
- Deut 32:2My doctrine will drop as the rain. My speech will condense as the dew, as the misty rain on the tender grass, as the showers on the herb.
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