Exodus 16:4 “Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain down bread from heav…”

Exodus 16:4

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test whether or not they will follow My instructions.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Then 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.

World English Bible

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain bread from the sky for you, and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in my law or not.

American Standard Version

Then said Jehovah unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or not.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then sayd the Lord vnto Moses, Behold, I wil cause bread to rayne from heauen to you, and the people shall goe out, and gather that that is sufficient for euery day, that I may proue them, whether they wil walke in my Law or no.

Darby Translation

Then said Jehovah to Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather the daily need on its day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or not.

Young's Literal Translation

And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Lo, I am raining to you bread from the heavens — and the people have gone out and gathered the matter of a day in its day — so that I try them whether they walk in My law, or not;

Bible in Basic English

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.

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Cross references

“I will rain”

1 Corinthians 10:3 Psalm 105:40 Psalm 78:24 Psalm 78:25 John 6:31 John 6:32

1 Corinthians 10:3 · BSB

They all ate the same spiritual food

Psalm 105:40 · BSB

They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

Psalm 78:24 · BSB

He rained down manna for them to eat; He gave them grain from heaven.

Psalm 78:25 · BSB

Man ate the bread of angels; He sent them food in abundance.

John 6:31 · BSB

Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ”

John 6:32 · BSB

Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.

“a certain rate every day”

Matthew 6:11 Nehemiah 11:23 Proverbs 30:8 Luke 11:3 Matthew 6:32 Matthew 6:33

Matthew 6:11 · BSB

Give us this day our daily bread.

Nehemiah 11:23 · BSB

For there was a command from the king concerning the singers, an ordinance regulating their daily activities.

Proverbs 30:8 · BSB

Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.

Luke 11:3 · BSB

Give us each day our daily bread.

Matthew 6:32 · BSB

For the Gentiles strive after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.

Matthew 6:33 · BSB

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.

“prove them”

Deuteronomy 8:2 Exodus 15:25 Deuteronomy 8:16 Joshua 24:15

Deuteronomy 8:2 · BSB

Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.

Exodus 15:25 · BSB

And Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a log. And when he cast it into the waters, they were sweetened. There the LORD made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them,

Deuteronomy 8:16 · BSB

He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble you and test you, so that in the end He might cause you to prosper.

Joshua 24:15 · BSB

But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you a…

Also

Nehemiah 9:15

Nehemiah 9:15 · BSB

In their hunger You gave them bread from heaven; in their thirst You brought them water from the rock. You told them to go in and possess the land that You had sworn to give them.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3“If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!”

5Then on the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring in, it will be twice as much as they gather on the other days.”

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