And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.
Parallel translations
- WEB He rained down manna on them to eat, and gave them food from the sky.
- BSB He rained down manna for them to eat; He gave them grain from heaven.
- NKJV Had rained down manna on them to eat, And given them of the bread of heaven.
- NASB He rained down manna upon them to eat, And gave them food from heaven.
- NLT He rained down manna for them to eat; he gave them bread from heaven.
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Quick answer
God rained manna from the sky to feed the people daily. He supplied their need supernaturally even amid their complaining.
Overview
The daily gift of manna is recalled as 'food from the sky,' a sustained miracle of provision. Jesus directly references this in John 6, declaring that manna pointed beyond itself to Himself as the living bread that gives eternal life. Physical provision in the wilderness anticipates the spiritual feeding believers receive in Christ.
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Cross-references · 9
- 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.
- Ps 105:40The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread 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.
- John 6:31–71Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.
- Neh 9:15And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.
- Exod 16:14And 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.
- Ps 68:9Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.
- 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.
- 1 Cor 10:3And did all eat the same spiritual meat;
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