Exodus 16:4

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The LORD said to Moses, “I will send bread down from heaven like rain. Each day the people can go out and gather only enough for that day. That's how I will see if they obey me.

Cross References

Nehemiah 11:23

though the daily choice of music and musicians was decided by royal decree of the Persian king.

Nehemiah 9:15

When they were hungry, you sent bread from heaven, and when they were thirsty, you let water flow from a rock. Then you commanded them to capture the land that you had solemnly promised.

Nehemiah 9:20

Your gentle Spirit instructed them, and you gave them manna to eat and water to drink.

Psalm 105:40

When they asked for food, he sent more birds than they could eat.

Psalm 78:23

But God gave a command to the clouds, and he opened the doors in the skies.

Exodus 15:25

Moses asked the LORD for help, and the LORD told him to throw a piece of wood into the water. Moses did so, and the water became fit to drink. At Marah the LORD tested his people and also gave them some laws and teachings.

Exodus 16:15

The people had never seen anything like this, and they started asking each other, “What is it?” Moses answered, “This is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat.

Proverbs 30:8

make me absolutely honest and don't let me be too poor or too rich. Give me just what I need.

Matthew 6:11

Give us our food for today.

Luke 11:3

Give us each day the food we need.

1 Corinthians 10:3

All of them also ate the same spiritual food

Deuteronomy 8:16

He also gave you manna, a kind of food your ancestors had never even heard about. The LORD was testing you to make you trust him, so that later on he could be good to you.

Deuteronomy 8:2

Don't forget how the LORD your God has led you through the desert for the past forty years. He wanted to find out if you were truly willing to obey him and depend on him,

Joshua 24:15

But if you don't want to worship the LORD, then choose now! Will you worship the same idols your ancestors did? Or since you're living on land that once belonged to the Amorites, perhaps you'll worship their gods. I won't. My family and I are going to worship and obey the LORD!