Exodus 16:4

God's faithfulness Faith Trials and adversity Obedience

² And there in the desert they all grumbled against Moses and Aaron.

³ “If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!”

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.

⁵ Then on the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring in, it will be twice as much as they gather on the other days.”

⁶ So Moses and Aaron said to all the Israelites, “This evening you will know that it was the LORD who brought you out of the land of Egypt,

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: 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.
KJV: 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.
WEB: Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain bread from the sky for you, and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in my law or not.
ASV: Then said Jehovah unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a day`s portion every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or not.
DARBY: Then said Jehovah to Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather the daily need on its day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or not.
BLB: And YHWH said to Moses, “Behold, I am raining down for you⁺ bread from the heavens, and the people shall go out and gather the portion of a day in its day, so that I may test them whether they will walk in My law or not.

ÅB: Da sa Herren til Moses: Se, jeg vil la regne ned brød fra himmelen til dere, og folket skal gå ut og sanke for hver dag det de trenger; slik vil jeg prøve dem, om de vil følge min lov eller ikke.
OTB: Da sa Herren til Moses: "Se, jeg vil la det regne brød fra himmelen for dere. Folket skal gå ut hver dag og samle nok til den dagen. På den måten vil jeg teste dem for å se om de vil følge mine instrukser.
B1930: Da sa Herren til Moses: Se, jeg vil la regne ned brød fra himmelen til eder, og folket skal gå ut og sanke for hver dag det de trenger; således vil jeg prøve dem, om de vil følge min lov eller ikke.

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Original text and word study

Cross references

1 Corinthians 10:3
They all ate the same spiritual food
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Psalms 105:40
They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
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Deuteronomy 8:2
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.
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Psalms 78:24–25
He rained down manna for them to eat; He gave them grain from heaven.
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Deuteronomy 8:16
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.
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Exodus 15:25
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,
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Nehemiah 9:15
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.
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John 6:31–32
Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
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