For their hunger you gave them bread from heaven, and for their thirst you brought water for them out of the rock, and you told them to go in to possess the land that you swore to give them.
Exodus 16:14 - New Revised Standard Version When the layer of dew lifted, there on the surface of the wilderness was a fine flaky substance, as fine as frost on the ground. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And when the dew had gone, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a fine, round and flakelike thing, as fine as hoarfrost on the ground. American Standard Version (1901) And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness a small round thing, small as the hoar-frost on the ground. Common English Bible When the layer of dew lifted, there on the desert surface were thin flakes, as thin as frost on the ground. Catholic Public Domain Version And when it had covered the face of the earth, it appeared, in the wilderness, small and as if crushed with a pestle, similar to hoar-frost on the ground. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when it had covered the face of the earth, it appeared in the wilderness small, and as it were beaten with a pestle, like unto the hoar frost on the ground. |
For their hunger you gave them bread from heaven, and for their thirst you brought water for them out of the rock, and you told them to go in to possess the land that you swore to give them.
They asked, and he brought quails, and gave them food from heaven in abundance.
he rained down on them manna to eat, and gave them the grain of heaven.
The house of Israel called it manna; it was like coriander seed, white, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.
He humbled you by letting you hunger, then by feeding you with manna, with which neither you nor your ancestors were acquainted, in order to make you understand that one does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.