Psalms 105:40
They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
BSB
ASV
They asked, and he brought quails, And satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
KJV
The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
The people asked. But how badly, how wickedly! And yet his grace forgave the sin of their murmuring and heard its meaning: or perhaps we may consider that while the multitude murmured there were a few, who were really gracious people, who prayed, and therefore the blessing came. He brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. He gave them what they asked amiss as well as what was good for them, mingling judgment with goodness, for their discipline.
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Deuteronomy 8:3He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone,…
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But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’”
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”
Yet He commanded the clouds above and opened the doors of the heavens.
They all ate the same spiritual food
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Psalms 78:18They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved.
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Meanwhile, the rabble among them had a strong craving for other food, and again the Israelites wept and said, “Who will feed us meat?
Do not test the LORD your God as you tested Him at Massah.
We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes.