KJV King James Version
And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.
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Psalm 78:24
And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He rained down manna for them to eat; He gave them grain from heaven.
WEB World English Bible
He rained down manna on them to eat, and gave them food from the sky.
ASV American Standard Version
And he rained down manna upon them to eat, And gave them food from heaven.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And He raineth on them manna to eat, Yea, corn of heaven He hath given to them.
Surrounding context — Psalm 78
21 Therefore the LORD heard [this], and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;
22 Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:
23 Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,
24 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.
26 He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.
27 He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:
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Exodus 16:4Then 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.Psalm 105:40[The people] asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.Deuteronomy 8:3And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every [word] that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.John 6:31-71Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.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.Exodus 16:14And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness [there lay] a small round thing, [as] small as the hoar frost on the ground.Psalm 68:9Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.Nehemiah 9:20Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.1 Corinthians 10:3And did all eat the same spiritual meat;
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