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Exd 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

I will rain		Psa 78:24,25; Psa 105:40; Jhn 6:31,32; 1Cr 10:3
a certain rate every day		Heb. the portion of a day in his day. Neh 11:23; Pro 30:8; Mat 6:11,32,33; Luk 11:3
prove them		Exd 15:25; Deu 8:2,16; Jos 24:15

Correlating Passages

I will rain

	Psa 78:24	And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.
	Psa 78:25	Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full.
	Psa 105:40	[The people] asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
	Jhn 6:31	Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.
	Jhn 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.
	1Cr 10:3	And did all eat the same spiritual meat;

a certain rate every day

	Neh 11:23	For [it was] the king's commandment concerning them, that a certain portion should be for the singers, due for every day.
	Pro 30:8	Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
	Mat 6:11	Give us this day our daily bread.
	Mat 6:32	(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
	Mat 6:33	But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
	Luk 11:3	Give us day by day our daily bread.

prove them

	Exd 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 them,
	Deu 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 his commandments, or no.
	Deu 8:16	Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;
	Jos 24:15	And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that [were] on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

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Scott, Thomas. "Exodus 16:4," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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