Bible Cross References
asked
Psalm 78:18
They deliberately put God to the test by demanding the food they wanted.
Psalm 78:26-28
26
He also caused the east wind to blow, and by his power he stirred up the south wind;
27
and to his people he sent down birds, as many as the grains of sand on the shore;
28
they fell in the middle of the camp all around the tents.
Exodus 16:12
"I have heard the complaints of the Israelites. Tell them that at twilight they will have meat to eat, and in the morning they will have all the bread they want. Then they will know that I, the LORD, am their God."
Exodus 16:13
In the evening a large flock of quails flew in, enough to cover the camp, and in the morning there was dew all around the camp.
Numbers 11:4-6
4
There were foreigners traveling with the Israelites. They had a strong craving for meat, and even the Israelites themselves began to complain: "If only we could have some meat!
5
In Egypt we used to eat all the fish we wanted, and it cost us nothing. Remember the cucumbers, the watermelons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic we had?
6
But now our strength is gone. There is nothing at all to eat---nothing but this manna day after day!"
Numbers 11:31-33
31
Suddenly the LORD sent a wind that brought quails from the sea, flying three feet above the ground. They settled on the camp and all around it for miles and miles in every direction.
32
So all that day, all night, and all the next day, the people worked catching quails; no one gathered less than fifty bushels. They spread them out to dry all around the camp.
33
While there was still plenty of meat for them to eat, the LORD became angry with the people and caused an epidemic to break out among them.
satisfied
Exodus 16:14-35
14
When the dew evaporated, there was something thin and flaky on the surface of the desert. It was as delicate as frost.
15
When the Israelites saw it, they didn't know what it was and asked each other, "What is it?" Moses said to them, "This is the food that the LORD has given you to eat.
16
The LORD has commanded that each of you is to gather as much of it as he needs, two quarts for each member of his household."
17
The Israelites did this, some gathering more, others less.
18
When they measured it, those who gathered much did not have too much, and those who gathered less did not have too little. Each had gathered just what he needed.
19
Moses said to them, "No one is to keep any of it for tomorrow."
20
But some of them did not listen to Moses and saved part of it. The next morning it was full of worms and smelled rotten, and Moses was angry with them.
21
Every morning each one gathered as much as he needed; and when the sun grew hot, what was left on the ground melted.
22
On the sixth day they gathered twice as much food, four quarts for each person. All the leaders of the community came and told Moses about it,
23
and he said to them, "The LORD has commanded that tomorrow is a holy day of rest, dedicated to him. Bake today what you want to bake and boil what you want to boil. Whatever is left should be put aside and kept for tomorrow."
24
As Moses had commanded, they kept what was left until the next day; it did not spoil or get worms in it.
25
Moses said, "Eat this today, because today is the Sabbath, a day of rest dedicated to the LORD, and you will not find any food outside the camp.
26
You must gather food for six days, but on the seventh day, the day of rest, there will be none."
27
On the seventh day some of the people went out to gather food, but they did not find any.
28
Then the LORD said to Moses, "How much longer will you people refuse to obey my commands?
29
Remember that I, the LORD, have given you a day of rest, and that is why on the sixth day I will always give you enough food for two days. Everyone is to stay where he is on the seventh day and not leave his home."
30
So the people did no work on the seventh day.
31
The people of Israel called the food manna. It was like a small white seed, and tasted like thin cakes made with honey.
32
Moses said, "The LORD has commanded us to save some manna, to be kept for our descendants, so that they can see the food which he gave us to eat in the desert when he brought us out of Egypt."
33
Moses said to Aaron, "Take a jar, put two quarts of manna in it, and place it in the LORD's presence to be kept for our descendants."
34
As the LORD had commanded Moses, Aaron put it in front of the Covenant Box, so that it could be kept.
35
The Israelites ate manna for the next forty years, until they reached the land of Canaan, where they settled.
Numbers 11:7-9
7
(Manna was like small seeds, whitish yellow in color.
8
It fell on the camp at night along with the dew. The next morning the people would go around and gather it, grind it or pound it into flour, and then boil it and make it into flat cakes. It tasted like bread baked with olive oil.)
9
(SEE 11:8)
Deuteronomy 8:3
He made you go hungry, and then he gave you manna to eat, food that you and your ancestors had never eaten before. He did this to teach you that you must not depend on bread alone to sustain you, but on everything that the LORD says.
Joshua 5:12
The manna stopped falling then, and the Israelites no longer had any. From that time on they ate food grown in Canaan.
Nehemiah 9:20
In your goodness you told them what they should do; you fed them manna and gave them water to drink.
bread
Psalm 78:23-25
23
But he spoke to the sky above and commanded its doors to open;
24
he gave them grain from heaven, by sending down manna for them to eat.
25
So they ate the food of angels, and God gave them all they wanted.
John 6:31-33
31
Our ancestors ate manna in the desert, just as the scripture says, 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.' "
32
"I am telling you the truth," Jesus said. "What Moses gave you was not the bread from heaven; it is my Father who gives you the real bread from heaven.
33
For the bread that God gives is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."
John 6:48-58
48
I am the bread of life.
49
Your ancestors ate manna in the desert, but they died.
50
But the bread that comes down from heaven is of such a kind that whoever eats it will not die.
51
I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If you eat this bread, you will live forever. The bread that I will give you is my flesh, which I give so that the world may live."
52
This started an angry argument among them. "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" they asked.
53
Jesus said to them, "I am telling you the truth: if you do not eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you will not have life in yourselves.
54
Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will raise them to life on the last day.
55
For my flesh is the real food; my blood is the real drink.
56
Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood live in me, and I live in them.
57
The living Father sent me, and because of him I live also. In the same way whoever eats me will live because of me.
58
This, then, is the bread that came down from heaven; it is not like the bread that your ancestors ate, but then later died. Those who eat this bread will live forever."