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 raineth on them manna to eat, Yea, corn of heaven He hath given to them.

They have asked, and He bringeth quails, And with bread of heaven satisfieth them.

our fathers the manna did eat in the wilderness, according as it is having been written, Bread out of the heaven He gave them to eat.'

and all the same spiritual food did eat,

A certain rate every day

for the command of the king is upon them, and support is for the singers, a matter of a day in its day.

Vanity and a lying word put far from me, Poverty or wealth give not to me, Cause me to eat the bread of my portion,

'Our appointed bread give us to-day.

our appointed bread be giving us daily;

Prove them

and he crieth unto Jehovah, and Jehovah sheweth him a tree, and he casteth unto the waters, and the waters become sweet. There He hath made for them a statute, and an ordinance, and there He hath tried them,

and thou hast remembered all the way which Jehovah thy God hath caused thee to go these forty years in the wilderness, in order to humble thee to try thee, to know that which is in thy heart, whether thou dost keep His commands or not.

and if wrong in your eyes to serve Jehovah -- choose for you to-day whom ye do serve; -- whether the gods whom your fathers served, which are beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorite in whose land ye are dwelling; and I and my house -- we serve Jehovah.'

General references

And Enoch walketh habitually with God after his begetting Methuselah three hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

and all the same spiritual food did eat,