Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

General references

Bible References

I will rain

Psalm 78:24

And He rained down manna upon them to eat
And gave them the grain of heaven.
Psalm 105:40

The Israelites asked, and He brought quail,
And satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
John 6:31
Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written [in Scripture], ‘He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.’”
1 Corinthians 10:3
and all [of them] ate the same spiritual food;

A certain rate every day

Nehemiah 11:23
For there was a command from the [Persian] king regarding the singers, as to their daily task.
Proverbs 30:8

Keep deception and lies far from me;
Give me neither poverty nor riches;
Feed me with the food that is my portion,
Matthew 6:11

‘Give us this day our daily bread.
Luke 11:3

‘Give us each day our daily bread.

Prove them

Exodus 15:25
Then he cried to the Lord [for help], and the Lord showed him a tree, [a branch of] which he threw into the waters, and the waters became sweet.

There the Lord made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there He tested them,
Deuteronomy 8:2
And you shall remember [always] all the ways which the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart (mind), whether you would keep His commandments or not.
Joshua 24:15
If it is unacceptable in your sight to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you live; but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

General references

Genesis 5:22
Enoch walked [in habitual fellowship] with God three hundred years after the birth of Methuselah and had other sons and daughters.
1 Corinthians 10:3
and all [of them] ate the same spiritual food;