Exodus 16:4
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.
KJV
Dixit autem Dominus ad Moysen : Ecce ego pluam vobis panes de cælo : egrediatur populus, et colligat quæ sufficiunt per singulos dies : ut tentem eum utrum ambulet in lege mea, an non.
Vulgate
εἶπεν δὲ Κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν Ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ὕω ὑμῖν ἄρτους ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ ἐξελεύσεται ὁ λαὸς καὶ συλλέξουσιν τὸ τῆς ἡμέρας εἰς ἡμέραν, ὅπως πειράσω αὐτοὺς εἰ πορεύσονται τῷ νόμῳ μου ἢ οὔ·
LXX
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.
ASV
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל מֹשֶׁ֔ה הִנְ/נִ֨י מַמְטִ֥יר לָ/כֶ֛ם לֶ֖חֶם מִן הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם וְ/יָצָ֨א הָ/עָ֤ם וְ/לָֽקְטוּ֙ דְּבַר י֣וֹם בְּ/יוֹמ֔/וֹ לְמַ֧עַן אֲנַסֶּ֛/נּוּ הֲ/יֵלֵ֥ךְ בְּ/תוֹרָתִ֖/י אִם לֹֽא
Hebrew
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In this verse
In the original Hebrew
20 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Intertextual echoes
Quoted or echoed by 2 later passages.
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John 6:31 · paraphrase"Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat."Exodus: bread from heaven — Jesus paraphrases in bread of life discourse
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John 6:32 · paraphrase"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."Exodus: bread from heaven — Jesus corrects: my Father gives true bread
Themes
Typology
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 10:3 — And did all eat the same spiritual meat;
- 1Cor 10:3 — And did all eat the same spiritual meat;
- Deut 8:2 — And 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
- Deut 8:2 — And 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
- Exod 15:25 — And 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 t
- Exod 15:25 — And 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 t
- Exod 16:15 — And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.
- Gen 22:1 — And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
- John 6:31 — Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.
- John 6:32 — 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.
- Neh 9:15 — 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 hads
- Ps 78:24 — And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.
- Ps 78:24 — And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.
- Ps 105:40 — The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
- Ruth 1:6 — Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread.