Nehemiah 9:15

13 You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them just ordinances, true laws, and good statutes and commandments.

14 You revealed to them Your holy Sabbath and gave them commandments and statutes and laws through Your servant Moses.

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.

16 But they and our fathers became arrogant and stiff-necked and did not obey Your commandments.

17 They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them.

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

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BSB
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.
KJV
And 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.
WEB
and gave them bread from the sky for their hunger, and brought water out of the rock for them for their thirst, and commanded them that they should go in to possess the land which you had sworn to give them.
ASV
and gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and commandedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.
DARBY
And thou gavest them bread from the heavens for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and didst say to them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.
BLB
And bread from the heavens You gave to them for their hunger, and water from the rock you brought forth to them for their thirst, and You said to them to go in to possess the land that You lifted Your hand to give to them.
ÅB
Du gav dem brød fra himmelen når de hungret, og lot vann komme fram av klippen for dem når de tørstet, og du befalte dem å dra inn og ta det land i eie som du med oppløftet hånd hadde svoret at du ville gi dem.
OTB
I deres sult ga du dem brød fra himmelen, og i deres tørst brakte du vann fra klippen; du sa til dem at de skulle gå inn og ta i eie landet du hadde sverget å gi dem.
B1930
Du gav dem brød fra himmelen når de hungret, og lot vann komme frem av klippen for dem når de tørstet, og du bød dem å dra inn og ta det land i eie som du med opløftet hånd hadde svoret at du vilde gi dem.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Corinthians 10:3–4

    They all ate the same spiritual food

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  • Deuteronomy 1:8

    See, I have placed the land before you. Enter and possess the land that the LORD swore He would give to your fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their descendants after them.”

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  • Exodus 17:6

    Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.

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  • Exodus 16:14–15

    When the layer of dew had evaporated, there were thin flakes on the desert floor, as fine as frost on the ground.

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  • Exodus 16:4

    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.

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  • John 6:31–35

    Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”

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  • Psalms 105:40–41

    They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

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  • Ezekiel 20:15

    Moreover, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land that I had given them—a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands—

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