Verse 31

'Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: "He gave them bread from heaven to eat."'

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  • Neh 9:15 : 15 You provided bread from heaven for their hunger and brought water out of a rock for their thirst. You told them to go in and take possession of the land You had sworn to give them.
  • Ps 105:40 : 40 They asked, and he brought quail; he satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
  • John 6:49 : 49 Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.
  • 1 Cor 10:3 : 3 They all ate the same spiritual food.
  • Rev 2:17 : 17 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give that person a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to the one who receives it.
  • Ps 78:24-25 : 24 He rained down manna for them to eat and gave them the grain of heaven. 25 Man ate the bread of angels; He sent them food to their fill.
  • John 6:58 : 58 This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your ancestors who ate and died, the one who eats this bread will live forever.
  • Neh 9:20 : 20 You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold manna from their mouths, and You provided water for their thirst.
  • Exod 16:4-9 : 4 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Behold, I am going to rain down bread from heaven for you. The people are to go out each day and gather enough for that day. In this way, I will test them to see whether they will follow my instructions or not. 5 On the sixth day, they are to prepare what they bring in, and it will be twice as much as they gather on other days. 6 So Moses and Aaron said to all the Israelites, "In the evening, you will know that it was the LORD who brought you out of the land of Egypt, 7 and in the morning, you will see the glory of the LORD, because He has heard your complaints against Him. Who are we that you complain against us?" 8 And Moses added, "The LORD will give you meat to eat in the evening and all the bread you want in the morning, because He has heard your complaints against Him. But who are we? Your complaints are not against us but against the LORD." 9 Then Moses said to Aaron, "Tell the entire assembly of the Israelites, 'Come before the LORD, for He has heard your complaints.'" 10 While Aaron was speaking to the whole assembly of the Israelites, they turned toward the wilderness, and there was the glory of the LORD appearing in the cloud. 11 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 12 "I have heard the complaints of the Israelites. Tell them, 'At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God.'" 13 That evening, quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning, there was a layer of dew around the camp. 14 When the dew evaporated, there was a fine, flaky substance on the surface of the wilderness, as fine as frost on the ground. 15 When the Israelites saw it, they said to one another, "What is it?" because they did not know what it was. Moses said to them, "It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat.
  • Exod 16:35 : 35 The Israelites ate manna for forty years, until they came to a land that was settled; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan.
  • Num 11:6-9 : 6 But now our appetite is gone; there’s nothing to see but this manna! 7 The manna was like coriander seed, and its appearance was like that of bdellium. 8 The people went around gathering it, ground it in handmills or crushed it in mortars, cooked it in pots, and made it into cakes. It tasted like a cake baked with the richness of oil. 9 When the dew came down on the camp at night, the manna would fall with it.
  • Deut 8:3 : 3 He humbled you and allowed you to hunger, then fed you with manna, which neither you nor your fathers knew, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.
  • Josh 5:12 : 12 The manna ceased the day after they ate from the produce of the land. There was no more manna for the Israelites, and that year they ate from the yield of the land of Canaan.