Exodus 16:4

New American Bible - revised edition

Then the Lord said to Moses: I am going to rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather their daily portion; thus will I test them, to see whether they follow my instructions or not.

Cross References

Nehemiah 11:23

for they had been appointed by royal decree, and there was a fixed schedule for the singers assigning them their daily duties.

Nehemiah 9:15

Food from heaven you gave them in their hunger, water from a rock you sent them in their thirst. You told them to enter and occupy the land which you had sworn to give them.

Nehemiah 9:20

Your good spirit you bestowed on them, to give them understanding; Your manna you did not withhold from their mouths, and you gave them water in their thirst.

Psalm 105:40

They asked and he brought them quail; with bread from heaven he filled them.

Psalm 78:23

So he commanded the clouds above; and opened the doors of heaven.

Exodus 15:25

he cried out to the Lord, who pointed out to him a piece of wood. When he threw it into the water, the water became fresh. It was here that God, in making statutes and ordinances for them, put them to the test.

Exodus 16:15

On seeing it, the Israelites asked one another, “What is this?” for they did not know what it was. But Moses told them, “It is the bread which the Lord has given you to eat. Regulations Regarding the Manna.

Proverbs 30:8

Put falsehood and lying far from me, give me neither poverty nor riches; provide me only with the food I need;

Matthew 6:11

Give us today our daily bread;

Luke 11:3

Give us each day our daily bread

1 Corinthians 10:3

All ate the same spiritual food,

Deuteronomy 8:16

and fed you in the wilderness with manna, a food unknown to your ancestors, that he might afflict you and test you, but also make you prosperous in the end.

Deuteronomy 8:2

Remember how for these forty years the Lord, your God, has directed all your journeying in the wilderness, so as to test you by affliction, to know what was in your heart: to keep his commandments, or not.

Joshua 24:15

If it is displeasing to you to serve the Lord, choose today whom you will serve, the gods your ancestors served beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites in whose country you are dwelling. As for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”