Read Plans
Sign in Register

Exodus 16:4

WEB

4Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain bread from the sky for you, and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in my law or not.

KJV

4¶ Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.

BSB

4Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test whether or not they will follow My instructions.

FBV

4The Lord told Moses, “Just watch! I'm going to rain down bread from heaven for you! Each day the people are to go out and collect enough for that day. I'm going to test them by this to find out whether they'll follow my instructions or not.

Related Resources

Book of Exodus Summary: A Complete Animated Overview (Part 1) - BibleProject
True and False Disciples, Part 3 (John 6:28-34) - Grace to You
Finding Security in a Troubled World - Grace to You

Extra References

Psalms 78:24-25

24He rained down manna on them to eat, and gave them food from the sky. 25Man ate the bread of angels. He sent them food to the full.


1 Corinthians 10:3

3and all ate the same spiritual food;


Deuteronomy 8:2

2You shall remember all the way which the LORD your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, to test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not.


Exodus 15:25

25Then he cried to the LORD. The LORD showed him a tree, and he threw it into the waters, and the waters were made sweet. There he made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there he tested them.


Psalms 105:40

40They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of the sky.


Deuteronomy 8:16

16who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers didn’t know, that he might humble you, and that he might prove you, to do you good at your latter end;


Nehemiah 9:15

15and gave them bread from the sky for their hunger, and brought water out of the rock for them for their thirst, and commanded them that they should go in to possess the land which you had sworn to give them.


John 6:31-32

31Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness. As it is written, ‘He gave them bread out of heaven[+] to eat.’”

32Jesus therefore said to them, Most certainly, I tell you, it wasn’t Moses who gave you the bread out of heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread out of heaven.


Matthew 6:11

11Give us today our daily bread.


Joshua 24:15

15If it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose today whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”