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 had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them the corn of the heavens.

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

Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written, He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.

and all ate the same spiritual food,

A certain rate every day

For it was the king's commandment concerning them, and there was a settled portion for the singers, due for each day.

Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread of my daily need:

give us to-day our needed bread,

give us our needed bread for each day;

Prove them

And he cried to Jehovah; and Jehovah shewed him wood, and he cast it into the waters, and the waters became sweet. There he made for them a statute and an ordinance; and there he tested them.

And thou shalt remember all the way which Jehovah thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thy heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments or not.

And if it seem evil unto you to serve Jehovah, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods whom your fathers that were on the other side of the river served, or the gods of the Amorite, in whose land ye dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah.

General references

And Enoch walked with God after he had begotten Methushelah three hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.

and all ate the same spiritual food,