Exodus 16:2-12

Bread from Heaven

2 And the whole congregation of the people of Israel l grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness, 3 and the people of Israel said to them, m "Would that we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, n when we sat by the meat pots and ate bread to the full, for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger."

4 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Behold, I am about to rain o bread from heaven for you, and the people shall go out and gather a day's portion every day, that I may p test them, whether they will walk in my law or not. 5 On the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring in, q it will be twice as much as they gather daily." 6 So Moses and Aaron said to all the people of Israel, r "At evening s you shall know that it was the Lord who brought you out of the land of Egypt, 7 and in the morning you shall see the t glory of the Lord, because he has heard your grumbling against the Lord. For u what are we, that you grumble against us?" 8 And Moses said, "When the Lord gives you in the evening meat to eat and in the morning bread to the full, because the Lord has heard your grumbling that you grumble against him - v what are we? Your grumbling is not w against us but against the Lord."

9 Then Moses x said to Aaron, "Say to the whole congregation of the people of Israel, y 'Come near before the Lord, for he has heard your grumbling.'" 10 And as soon as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the people of Israel, they looked toward the wilderness, and behold, the t glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud. 11 And the Lord said to Moses, 12 "I z have heard the grumbling of the people of Israel. Say to them, 'At a twilight you shall eat meat, and b in the morning you shall be filled with bread. Then you shall know that I am the Lord your God.'"

  1. Cross References
    Exodus 15:24
    And the people grumbled against Moses, saying, "What shall we drink?
    Exodus 17:3
    But the people thirsted there for water, and the people grumbled against Moses and said, "Why did you bring us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our livestock with thirst?
    1 Corinthians 10:10
    Nor grumble, as some of them did and were destroyed by the Destroyer.
  2. Cross References
    Numbers 20:3 - 5
    And the people quarreled with Moses and said, "Would that we had perished when our brothers perished before the Lord!
  3. Cross References
    Numbers 11:4 - 5
    Now the rabble that was among them had a strong craving. And the people of Israel also wept again and said, "Oh that we had meat to eat!
  4. Cross References
    Nehemiah 9:15
    You gave them bread from heaven for their hunger and brought water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and you told them to go in to possess the land that you had sworn to give them.
    Psalms 78:24 - 25
    And he rained down on them manna to eat and gave them the grain of heaven.
    Psalms 105:40
    They asked, and he brought quail, and gave them bread from heaven in abundance.
    John 6:31 - 32
    Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'
    1 Corinthians 10:3
    And all ate the same spiritual food.
  5. Cross References
    Exodus 15:25
    And he cried to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a log, and he threw it into the water, and the water became sweet. There the Lord made for them a statute and a rule, and there he tested them.
  6. Cross References
    Exodus 16:22
    On the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers each. And when all the leaders of the congregation came and told Moses.
  7. Cross References
    Exodus 16:12 - 13
    "I have heard the grumbling of the people of Israel. Say to them, 'At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread. Then you shall know that I am the Lord your God.'"
  8. Cross References
    Exodus 6:7
    I will take you to be my people, and I will be your God, and you shall know that I am the Lord your God, who has brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
    Numbers 16:28 - 30
    And Moses said, "Hereby you shall know that the Lord has sent me to do all these works, and that it has not been of my own accord.
  9. Cross References
    Exodus 40:34
    Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.
    Numbers 16:19
    Then Korah assembled all the congregation against them at the entrance of the tent of meeting. And the glory of the Lord appeared to all the congregation.
    1 Kings 8:10 - 11
    And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, a cloud filled the house of the Lord.
    Exodus 13:21
    And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them along the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, that they might travel by day and by night.
    Exodus 14:24
    And in the morning watch the Lord in the pillar of fire and of cloud looked down on the Egyptian forces and threw the Egyptian forces into a panic.
  10. Cross References
    Numbers 16:11
    Therefore it is against the Lord that you and all your company have gathered together. What is Aaron that you grumble against him?
  11. Cross References
    Exodus 16:7
    And in the morning you shall see the glory of the Lord, because he has heard your grumbling against the Lord. For what are we, that you grumble against us?
  12. Cross References
    Numbers 14:27
    How long shall this wicked congregation grumble against me? I have heard the grumblings of the people of Israel, which they grumble against me.
    1 Samuel 8:7
    And the Lord said to Samuel, "Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them.
    Luke 10:16
    "The one who hears you hears me, and the one who rejects you rejects me, and the one who rejects me rejects him who sent me."
    Romans 13:2
    Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment.
  13. Cross References
    Exodus 4:14 - 16
    Then the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses and he said, "Is there not Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well. Behold, he is coming out to meet you, and when he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.
  14. Cross References
    Numbers 16:16
    And Moses said to Korah, "Be present, you and all your company, before the Lord, you and they, and Aaron, tomorrow.
  15. Cross References
    Exodus 16:7
    And in the morning you shall see the glory of the Lord, because he has heard your grumbling against the Lord. For what are we, that you grumble against us?
  16. Cross References
    Exodus 16:8
    And Moses said, "When the Lord gives you in the evening meat to eat and in the morning bread to the full, because the Lord has heard your grumbling that you grumble against him - what are we? Your grumbling is not against us but against the Lord.
  17. Cross References
    Exodus 16:6
    So Moses and Aaron said to all the people of Israel, "At evening you shall know that it was the Lord who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
  18. Cross References
    Exodus 16:7
    And in the morning you shall see the glory of the Lord, because he has heard your grumbling against the Lord. For what are we, that you grumble against us?
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