"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.
Abramsaidto the kingof Sodom,"I have swornto the LORDGodMostHigh,possessorof heavenand earth,
"You gaveYour goodSpiritto instructthem, Your mannaYou did not withholdfrom their mouth,And You gavethem waterfor their thirst.
Who turnedthe rockinto a poolof water,The flintinto a fountainof water.
Then the LORDsaidto Moses,"Behold,I will rainbreadfrom heavenfor you; and the peopleshall goout and gathera day'sportionevery day,that I may testthem, whether ornot they will walkin My instruction.
But the peoplethirstedtherefor water;and they grumbledagainstMosesand said,"Why,now,have you broughtus up from Egypt,to killus and our childrenand our livestockwith thirst?"
"Behold,I will standbeforeyou thereon the rockat Horeb;and you shall strikethe rock,and waterwill comeout of it, that the peoplemay drink."And Mosesdidsoin the sightof the eldersof Israel.
I will bringyou to the landwhichI sworeto giveto Abraham,Isaac,and Jacob,and I will giveit to you [for] a possession;I am the LORD.'"
They did not thirstwhen He ledthem through the deserts.He made the waterflowout of the rockfor them; He splitthe rockand the watergushedforth.
They camein and tookpossessionof it, but they did not obeyYour voiceor walkin Your law;they have donenothingof allthat You commandedthem to do;therefore You have made allthiscalamitycomeupon them.
"AlsoI sworeto them in the wildernessthat I would not bringthem into the landwhichI had giventhem, flowingwith milkand honey,whichis the gloryof alllands,
Surelyyou shall not comeinto the landin whichI sworeto settleyou, exceptCalebthe sonof Jephunnehand Joshuathe sonof Nun.
See,the LORDyour Godhas placedthe landbeforeyou; goup, takepossession,as the LORD,the Godof your fathers,has spokento you. Do not fearor be dismayed.'
See,I have placedthe landbeforeyou; goin and possessthe landwhichthe LORDsworeto giveto your fathers,to Abraham,to Isaac,and to Jacob,to them and their descendantsafterthem.'
"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.
