Numbers 11:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

When the dew came down on the tents at night, the manna came down with it.

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  • Exod 16:13-14 : 13 And it came about that in the evening little birds came up and the place was covered with them: and in the morning there was dew all round about the tents. 14 And when the dew was gone, on the face of the earth was a small round thing, like small drops of ice on the earth.
  • Deut 32:2 : 2 My teaching is dropping like rain, coming down like dew on the fields; like rain on the young grass and showers on the garden plants:
  • Ps 78:23-25 : 23 And he gave orders to the clouds on high, and the doors of heaven were open; 24 And he sent down manna like rain for their food, and gave them the grain of heaven. 25 Man took part in the food of strong ones; he sent them meat in full measure.
  • Ps 105:40 : 40 At the people's request he sent birds, and gave them the bread of heaven for food.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 83%

    11 And the Lord said to Moses,

    12 The outcry of the children of Israel has come to my ears: say to them now, At nightfall you will have meat for your food, and in the morning bread in full measure; and you will see that I am the Lord your God.

    13 And it came about that in the evening little birds came up and the place was covered with them: and in the morning there was dew all round about the tents.

    14 And when the dew was gone, on the face of the earth was a small round thing, like small drops of ice on the earth.

    15 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, What is it? for they had no idea what it was. And Moses said to them, It is the bread which the Lord has given you for your food.

    16 This is what the Lord has said, Let every man take up as much as he has need of; at the rate of one omer for every person, let every man take as much as is needed for his family.

  • Num 11:6-8
    3 verses
    80%

    6 But now our soul is wasted away; there is nothing at all: we have nothing but this manna before our eyes.

    7 Now the manna was like a seed of grain, like small clear drops.

    8 The people went about taking it up from the earth, crushing it between stones or hammering it to powder, and boiling it in pots, and they made cakes of it: its taste was like the taste of cakes cooked with oil.

  • 24 And he sent down manna like rain for their food, and gave them the grain of heaven.

  • 21 And they took it up morning by morning, every man as he had need: and when the sun was high it was gone.

  • 76%

    31 And this bread was named manna by Israel: it was white, like a grain seed, and its taste was like cakes made with honey.

    32 And Moses said, This is the order which the Lord has given: Let one omer of it be kept for future generations, so that they may see the bread which I gave you for your food in the waste land, when I took you out from the land of Egypt.

    33 And Moses said to Aaron, Take a pot and put one omer of manna in it, and put it away before the Lord, to be kept for future generations.

  • Num 11:30-32
    3 verses
    74%

    30 Then Moses, with the responsible men of Israel, went back to the tent-circle.

    31 Then the Lord sent a wind, driving little birds from the sea, so that they came down on the tents, and all round the tent-circle, about a day's journey on this side and on that, in masses about two cubits high over the face of the earth.

    32 And all that day and all night and the day after, the people were taking up the birds; the smallest amount which anyone got was ten homers: and they put them out all round the tents.

  • 4 Then the Lord said to Moses, See, I will send down bread from heaven for you; and the people will go out every day and get enough for the day's needs; so that I may put them to the test to see if they will keep my laws or not.

  • 35 And the children of Israel had manna for their food for forty years, till they came to a land with people in it, till they came to the edge of the land of Canaan.

  • 28 And he let it come down into their resting-place, round about their tents.

  • 12 And there was no more manna from the day after they had for their food the produce of the land; the children of Israel had manna no longer, but that year the produce of the land of Canaan was their food.

  • 31 Our fathers had the manna in the waste land, as the Writings say, He gave them bread from heaven.

  • 10 And at the sound of the people weeping, every man at his tent-door, the wrath of the Lord was great, and Moses was very angry.

  • Neh 9:19-20
    2 verses
    72%

    19 Even then, in your great mercy, you did not give them up in the waste land: the pillar of cloud still went before them by day, guiding them on their way, and the pillar of fire by night, to give them light, and make clear the way they were to go.

    20 And you gave your good spirit to be their teacher, and did not keep back your manna from their mouths, and gave them water when they had need of it.

  • Ps 105:39-40
    2 verses
    72%

    39 A cloud was stretched over them for a cover; and he sent fire to give light in the night.

    40 At the people's request he sent birds, and gave them the bread of heaven for food.

  • Num 9:20-21
    2 verses
    71%

    20 Sometimes the cloud was resting on the House for two or three days; then, by the order of the Lord, they kept their tents in that place, and when the Lord gave the order they went on.

    21 And sometimes the cloud was there only from evening to morning; and when the cloud was taken up in the morning they went on their journey again: or if it was resting there by day and by night, whenever the cloud was taken up they went forward.

  • Num 9:15-17
    3 verses
    71%

    15 And on the day when the House was put up, the cloud came down on it, on the Tent of witness; and in the evening there was a light like fire over the House till the morning.

    16 And so it was at all times: it was covered by the cloud, and by a light as of fire by night.

    17 And whenever the cloud was taken up from over the House, then the children of Israel went journeying on; and in the place where the cloud came to rest, there the children of Israel put up their tents.

  • 34 And by day the cloud of the Lord went over them, when they went forward from the place where they had put up their tents.

  • 18 And say to the people, Make yourselves clean before tomorrow and you will have flesh for your food: for in the ears of the Lord you have been weeping and saying, Who will give us flesh for food? for we were well off in Egypt: and so the Lord will give you flesh, and it will be your food;

  • 19 And Moses said to them, Let nothing be kept till the morning.

  • 12 And you went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light on the way they were to go.

  • 20 And it came between the army of Egypt and the army of Israel; and there was a dark cloud between them, and they went on through the night; but the one army came no nearer to the other all the night.

  • 24 And they kept it till the morning as Moses had said: and no smell came from it, and it had no worms.

  • 8 And Moses said, The Lord will give you meat for your food at evening, and in the morning bread in full measure; for your outcry against the Lord has come to his ears: for what are we? your outcry is not against us but against the Lord.

  • 1 Now the people were saying evil against the Lord; and the Lord, hearing it, was angry and sent fire on them, burning the outer parts of the tent-circle.

  • 12 This bread which we have with us for our food, we took warm and new from our houses when starting on our journey to you; but now see, it has become dry and broken up.

  • 15 And you gave them bread from heaven when they were in need, and made water come out of the rock for their drink, and gave them orders to go in and take for their heritage the land which your hand had been lifted up to give them.

  • 17 And Moses made the people come out of their tents and take their places before God; and they came to the foot of the mountain,

  • 1 Then all the people gave load cries of grief, and all that night they gave themselves up to weeping.

  • 40 And that night God did so; for the wool was dry, and there was dew on all the earth round it.

  • 33 Who goes before you on your way, looking for a place where you may put up your tents, in fire by night, lighting up the way you are to go, and in a cloud by day.

  • 16 Who gave you manna for your food in the waste land, a food which your fathers had never seen; so that your pride might be broken and your hearts tested for your good in the end;