Exodus 16:4

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.

I will rain

A certain rate every day

Prove them

Exodus 15:25

Deuteronomy 8:2

Joshua 24:15

General references

Genesis 5:22

1 Corinthians 10:3

Bible References

I will rain

And he sent down manna like rain for their food, and gave them the grain of heaven.

At the people's request he sent birds, and gave them the bread of heaven for food.

Our fathers had the manna in the waste land, as the Writings say, He gave them bread from heaven.

And they all took the same holy food;

A certain rate every day

For there was an order from the king about them and a regular amount for the music-makers, for their needs day by day.

Put far from me all false and foolish things: do not give me great wealth or let me be in need, but give me only enough food:

Give us this day bread for our needs.

Give us every day bread for our needs.

Prove them

And in answer to his prayer, the Lord made him see a tree, and when he put it into the water, the water was made sweet. There he gave them a law and an order, testing them;

And keep in mind the way by which the Lord your God has taken you through the waste land these forty years, so that he might make low your pride and put you to the test, to see what was in your heart and if you would keep his orders or not.

And if it seems evil to you to be the servants of the Lord, make the decision this day whose servants you will be: of the gods whose servants your fathers were across the River, or of the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living: but I and my house will be the servants of the Lord.

General references

And after the birth of Methuselah, Enoch went on in God's ways for three hundred years, and had sons and daughters:

And they all took the same holy food;