Psalm 78:24 {77:24}
Good News Translation
he gave them grain from heaven, by sending down manna for them to eat.

New Revised Standard Version
he rained down on them manna to eat, and gave them the grain of heaven.

Contemporary English Version
From heaven he sent grain that they called manna.

New American Bible
God rained manna upon them for food; grain from heaven he gave them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them the bread of heaven.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them the bread of heaven.

had rained

Psalm 68:9 Thou shalt set aside for thy inheritance a free rain, O God: and it was weakened, but thou hast made it perfect.

Psalm 105:40 They asked, and the quail came: and he filled them with the bread of heaven.

Exodus 16:4,14 And the Lord said to Moses: Behold I will rain bread from heaven for you; let the people go forth, and gather what is sufficient for every day: that I may prove them whether they will walk in my law, or not. . . .

Deuteronomy 8:3 He afflicted thee with want, and gave thee manna for thy food, which neither thou nor thy fathers knew: to shew that not in bread alone doth man live, but in every word that proceedeth from the mouth of God.

Nehemiah 9:15,20 And thou gavest them bread from heaven in their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock in their thirst, and thou saidst to them that they should go in, and possess the land, upon which thou hadst lifted up thy hand to give it them. . . .

John 6:31 Our fathers did eat manna in the desert, as it is written: He gave them bread from heaven to eat.

1 Corinthians 10:3 And did all eat the same spiritual food:

the corn of heaven.

Exodus 16:22,31 But on the sixth day they gathered twice as much, that is, two gomors every man: and all the rulers of the multitude came, and told Moses. . . .

Context
I Will Open My Mouth in Parables
23And he had commanded the clouds from above, and had opened the doors of heaven. 24And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them the bread of heaven.25Man ate the bread of angels: he sent them provisions in abundance.…
Cross References
John 6:31
Our fathers did eat manna in the desert, as it is written: He gave them bread from heaven to eat.

1 Corinthians 10:3
And did all eat the same spiritual food:

Exodus 16:4
And the Lord said to Moses: Behold I will rain bread from heaven for you; let the people go forth, and gather what is sufficient for every day: that I may prove them whether they will walk in my law, or not.

Exodus 16:14
And when it had covered the face of the earth, it appeared in the wilderness small, and as it were beaten with a pestle, like unto the hoar frost on the ground.

Exodus 16:15
And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another: Manhu! which signifieth: What is this! for they knew not what it was. And Moses said to them: This is the bread which the Lord hath given you to eat.

Psalm 105:40
They asked, and the quail came: and he filled them with the bread of heaven.

Psalm 78:23
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