"You have not eatenbread,norhave you drunkwineor strongdrink,in orderthat you might knowthat I am the LORDyour God.
"You providedbreadfrom heavenfor them for their hunger,You broughtforthwaterfrom a rockfor them for their thirst,And You toldthem to enterin order to possessThe landwhichYou sworeto givethem.
"I have heardthe grumblingsof the sonsof Israel;speakto them, saying,At twilightyou shall eatmeat,and in the morningyou shall be filledwith bread;and you shall knowthat I am the LORDyour God.'"
The sonsof Israelatethe mannafortyyears,untilthey cameto an inhabitedland;they atethe mannauntilthey cameto the borderof the landof Canaan.
"Indeed,you have not broughtus into a landflowingwith milkand honey,norhave you givenus an inheritanceof fieldsand vineyards.Would you putout the eyesof thesemen?We will not comeup!"
"Takethe rod;and you and your brotherAaronassemblethe congregationand speakto the rockbefore their eyes,that it may yieldits water.You shall thus bringforthwaterfor them out of the rockand let the congregationand their beastsdrink."
and alldrankthe samespiritualdrink,for they were drinkingfrom a spiritualrockwhich followedthem; and the rockwas Christ.
Everyonewho competes in the gamesexercises self-controlin all things.They then[do it] to receivea perishablewreath,but we an imperishable.
And do not get drunkwith wine,for that is dissipation,but be filledwith the Spirit,
"The LORDour Goddeliveredhim overto us, and we defeatedhim with his sonsand allhis people.
"When you reachedthisplace,Sihonthe kingof Heshbonand Ogthe kingof Bashancameout to meetus for battle,but we defeatedthem;
"So the LORDour GoddeliveredOgalso,kingof Bashan,with allhis peopleinto our hand,and we smotethem untilnosurvivorwas left.
"We utterlydestroyedthem, as we didto Sihonkingof Heshbon,utterlydestroyingthe men,womenand childrenof everycity.
"He humbledyou and let you be hungry,and fedyou with mannawhichyou did not know,nordid your fathersknow,that He might make you understandthat mandoes not liveby breadalone,but manlivesby everythingthat proceedsout of the mouthof the LORD.
