"You gaveYour goodSpiritto instructthem, Your mannaYou did not withholdfrom their mouth,And You gavethem waterfor their thirst.
"However, You borewith them for manyyears,And admonishedthem by Your SpiritthroughYour prophets,Yet they would not giveear.Therefore You gavethem into the handof the peoplesof the lands.
He openedthe rockand waterflowedout; It ranin the dryplaces[like] a river.
Teachme to doYour will, For You are my God;Let Your goodSpiritleadme on levelground.
When the sonsof Israelsaw[it], they saidto oneanother,"Whatis it?" For they did not knowwhatit was. And Mosessaidto them, "It is the breadwhichthe LORDhas givenyou to eat.
The sonsof Israelatethe mannafortyyears,untilthey cameto an inhabitedland;they atethe mannauntilthey cameto the borderof the landof Canaan.
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.
They did not thirstwhen He ledthem through the deserts.He made the waterflowout of the rockfor them; He splitthe rockand the watergushedforth.
"They will not hungeror thirst,Norwill the scorchingheator sunstrikethem down;For He who hascompassionon them will leadthem And will guidethem to springsof water.
As for the promisewhichI madeyou when you cameout of Egypt,My Spiritis abidingin your midst;do not fear!'
"Then I will comedownand speakwith you there,and I will takeof the Spiritwhois upon you, and will put[Him] upon them; and they shall bearthe burdenof the peoplewith you, so that you will not bear[it] all alone.
Jesusansweredand saidto her, "Ifyou knewthe giftof God,and whoit is who saysto you, 'GiveMe a drink,'you would have askedHim, and He would have givenyou livingwater."
but whoeverdrinksof the waterthat I will givehim shall neverthirst;but the waterthat I will givehim will becomein him a wellof waterspringingup to eternallife."
NowI urgeyou, brethren,by our LordJesusChristand by the loveof the Spirit,to strive togetherwith me in your prayersto Godfor me,
and allatethe samespiritualfood;
(for the fruitof the Light[consists] in allgoodnessand righteousnessand truth),
The mannaceasedon the dayafterthey had eatensomeof the produceof the land,so that the sonsof Israelnolongerhadmanna,but they atesomeof the yieldof the landof Canaanduring that year.
for noprophecywas evermadeby an act of humanwill,but menmovedby the HolySpiritspokefrom God.
