Exodus 16:4
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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.Then 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.
In other translations
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.Then 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.
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068אֶל־'el-toH413מֹשֶׁהmoshehMosesH4872הִנְנִיhinihere IH2005מַמְטִירmamtir[am] about to rain downH4305לָכֶםlakhemfor <the> youלֶחֶםlechembreadH3899מִן־min-fromH4480הַשָּׁמָיִםhashamayimthe heavensH8064וְיָצָאveyatza'and it will go outH3318הָעָםha'amthe peopleH5971וְלָקְטוּvelaketuand they will gatherH3950דְּבַר־devar-a matter ofH1697יוֹםyoma dayH3117בְּיוֹמוֹbeyomoin day itsH3117לְמַעַןlema'anso thatH4616אֲנַסֶּנּוּ'anassenuI should put to [the] test itH5254הֲיֵלֵךְhayelekh¿ will it walkH1980בְּתוֹרָתִיbetoratiin law myH8451אִם־'im-or?H518לֹא׃lo'notH3808
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- 1 Corinthians 10:3And did all eat the same spiritual meat;They all ate the same spiritual food
- Psalm 78:24-2524 And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven. 25 Man did eat angels’ food: he sent them meat to the full.24 He rained down manna for them to eat; He gave them grain from heaven. 25 Man ate the bread of angels; He sent them food in abundance.
- Deuteronomy 8:2And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.
- Psalm 105:40The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
- Nehemiah 9:15And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.In their hunger You gave them bread from heaven; in their thirst You brought them water from the rock. You told them to go in and possess the land which You had sworn to give them.
- John 6:31-3231 Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat. 32 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.31 Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” 32 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.
- Deuteronomy 8:16Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble you and test you, so that in the end He might cause you to prosper.
- Exodus 15:25And he cried unto the Lord; and the Lord shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,And Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a log. And when he cast it into the waters, they were sweetened. There the LORD made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them,
- Matthew 6:11Give us this day our daily bread.Give us this day our daily bread.
- Joshua 24:15And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”
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