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You commanded them to go and take possession of the land you had sworn to give them. <a href="/esv/nehemiah/9.htm">English Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/bsb/nehemiah/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> In their hunger You gave them bread from heaven; in their thirst You brought them water from the rock. You told them to go in and possess the land that You had sworn to give them. <a href="/kjv/nehemiah/9.htm">King James Bible</a> And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them. <a href="/nkjv/nehemiah/9.htm">New King James Version</a> You gave them bread from heaven for their hunger, And brought them water out of the rock for their thirst, And told them to go in to possess the land Which You had sworn to give them. <a href="/nasb_/nehemiah/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “You provided bread from heaven for them for their hunger, You brought out water from a rock for them for their thirst, And You told them to enter in order to take possession of The land which You swore to give them. <a href="/nasb/nehemiah/9.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220You provided bread from heaven for them for their hunger, You brought forth water from a rock for them for their thirst, And You told them to enter in order to possess The land which You swore to give them. <a href="/nasb77/nehemiah/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Thou didst provide bread from heaven for them for their hunger, Thou didst bring forth water from a rock for them for their thirst, And Thou didst tell them to enter in order to possess The land which Thou didst swear to give them. <a href="/lsb/nehemiah/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> You gave bread from heaven for them for their hunger, You brought forth water from a rock for them for their thirst, And You said to them to enter in order to possess The land which You swore to give them. <a href="/amp/nehemiah/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “You gave them bread from heaven for their hunger, And brought water for them out of a rock for their thirst, And You told them to enter and take possession of The land that You swore to give them. <a href="/csb/nehemiah/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> You provided bread from heaven for their hunger; you brought them water from the rock for their thirst. You told them to go in and possess the land you had sworn to give them. <a href="/hcsb/nehemiah/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> You provided bread from heaven for their hunger; You brought them water from the rock for their thirst. You told them to go in and possess the land You had sworn to give them. <a href="/asv/nehemiah/9.htm">American Standard Version</a> and gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and commandedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them. <a href="/cev/nehemiah/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> When they were hungry, you sent bread from heaven, and when they were thirsty, you let water flow from a rock. Then you commanded them to capture the land that you had solemnly promised. * <a href="/erv/nehemiah/9.htm">English Revised Version</a> and gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and commandedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst lifted up thine hand to give them. <a href="/gwt/nehemiah/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> You gave them bread from heaven to satisfy their hunger and made water flow from a rock to quench their thirst. You told them to take possession of the land that you swore you would give them. <a href="/gnt/nehemiah/9.htm">Good News Translation</a> "When they were hungry, you gave them bread from heaven, and water from a rock when they were thirsty. You told them to take control of the land which you had promised to give them. <a href="/isv/nehemiah/9.htm">International Standard Version</a> You gave them food from heaven for their hunger and water from the rock for their thirst. You directed them to enter and possess the land that you had promised to give them. <a href="/msb/nehemiah/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> In their hunger You gave them bread from heaven; in their thirst You brought them water from the rock. You told them to go in and possess the land that You had sworn to give them. <a href="/net/nehemiah/9.htm">NET Bible</a> You provided bread from heaven for them in their time of hunger, and you brought forth water from the rock for them in their time of thirst. You told them to enter in order to possess the land that you had sworn to give them. <a href="/nheb/nehemiah/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> and gave them bread from the sky for their hunger, and brought forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and commanded them that they should go in to possess the land which you had sworn to give them. <a href="/wbt/nehemiah/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them. <a href="/web/nehemiah/9.htm">World English Bible</a> and gave them bread from the sky for their hunger, and brought water out of the rock for them for their thirst, and commanded them that they should go in to possess the land which you had sworn to give them. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/nehemiah/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And bread from the heavens You have given to them for their hunger, "" And water from a rock have brought out to them for their thirst, "" And say to them to go in to possess the land "" That You have lifted up Your hand to give to them. <a href="/ylt/nehemiah/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and bread from the heavens Thou hast given to them for their hunger, and water from a rock hast brought out to them for their thirst, and dost say to them to go in to possess the land that Thou hast lifted up Thy hand to give to them. <a href="/slt/nehemiah/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And bread from the heavens thou gavest to them for their hunger, and water from the rock thou broughtest forth to them for their thirst; and thou wilt say to them to go in and to inherit the land which thou didst lift up thy hand to give to them.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/nehemiah/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> 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. <a href="/cpdv/nehemiah/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> You also gave them bread from heaven in their hunger, and you brought forth water from the rock for them in their thirst. And you said to them that they should enter and possess the land, over which you lifted up your hand so that you might give it to them. <a href="/nabre/nehemiah/9.htm">New American Bible</a> Food from heaven you gave them in their hunger, water from a rock you sent them in their thirst. You told them to enter and occupy the land which you had sworn to give them. <a href="/nrsvce/nehemiah/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> For their hunger you gave them bread from heaven, and for their thirst you brought water for them out of the rock, and you told them to go in to possess the land that you swore to give them.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/nehemiah/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And didst give them bread from heaven for their hunger, and brought forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promised them that they should go in to possess the land which thy hand hadst sworn to give them. <a href="/hpbt/nehemiah/9.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Bread from Heaven you gave to them for their hunger, and water from a stone you gave to them for their thirst, and you said to them to enter and to possess the land that your hand had prepared to give them.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/nehemiah/9.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> and gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and didst command them that they should go in to possess the land which Thou hadst lifted up Thy hand to give them. <a href="/sep/nehemiah/9.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And thou gavest them bread from heaven for their food, and thou broughtest them forth water from a rock for their thirst; and thou badest them go in to inherit the land over which thou stretchedst out thy hand to give it them. <a href="/parallel/nehemiah/9-15.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZsQrw7rBvgc?start=2445" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/nehemiah/9.htm">The People Confess Their Sins</a> …14You revealed to them Your holy Sabbath and gave them commandments and statutes and laws through Your servant Moses. 15<a href="/hebrew/7458.htm" title="7458: lir·‘ā·ḇām (Prep-l:: N-msc:: 3mp) -- Famine, hunger. From ra'eb; hunger.">In their hunger</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: nā·ṯat·tāh (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">You gave</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- ">them</a> <a href="/hebrew/3899.htm" title="3899: wə·le·ḥem (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Bread, food. From lacham; food, especially bread, or grain.">bread</a> <a href="/hebrew/8064.htm" title="8064: miš·šā·ma·yim (Prep-m:: N-mp) -- Heaven, sky. Dual of an unused singular shameh; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky.">from heaven;</a> <a href="/hebrew/6772.htm" title="6772: liṣ·mā·’ām (Prep-l:: N-msc:: 3mp) -- Thirst. From tsame'; thirst.">in their thirst</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: hō·w·ṣê·ṯā (V-Hifil-Perf-2ms) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">You brought</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- ">them</a> <a href="/hebrew/4325.htm" title="4325: ū·ma·yim (Conj-w:: N-mp) -- Waters, water. Dual of a primitive noun; water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen.">water</a> <a href="/hebrew/5553.htm" title="5553: mis·se·la‘ (Prep-m:: N-ms) -- A crag, cliff. From an unused root meaning to be lofty; a craggy rock, literally or figuratively.">from the rock.</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: wat·tō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-2ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">You told</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- ">them</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: lā·ḇō·w (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">to go in</a> <a href="/hebrew/3423.htm" title="3423: lā·re·šeṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- Or yaresh; a primitive root; to occupy; by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin.">and possess</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">which</a> <a href="/hebrew/5375.htm" title="5375: nā·śā·ṯā (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- Or nacah ('abad); a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. And rel.">You had sworn</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yā·ḏə·ḵā (N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)"></a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: lā·ṯêṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">to give</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- ">them.</a> 16But they and our fathers became arrogant and stiff-necked and did not obey Your commandments.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/exodus/16-4.htm">Exodus 16:4</a> Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test whether or not they will follow My instructions. <a href="/exodus/16-15.htm">Exodus 16:15</a> When the Israelites saw it, they asked one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. So Moses told them, “It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat. <a href="/exodus/17-6.htm">Exodus 17:6</a> Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel. <a href="/numbers/20-8.htm">Numbers 20:8</a> “Take the staff and assemble the congregation. You and your brother Aaron are to speak to the rock while they watch, and it will pour out its water. You will bring out water from the rock and provide drink for the congregation and their livestock.” <a href="/psalms/78-24.htm">Psalm 78:24-25</a> He rained down manna for them to eat; He gave them grain from heaven. / Man ate the bread of angels; He sent them food in abundance. <a href="/psalms/105-40.htm">Psalm 105:40-41</a> They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. / He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert. <a href="/deuteronomy/8-3.htm">Deuteronomy 8:3</a> He 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, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD. <a href="/deuteronomy/8-15.htm">Deuteronomy 8:15-16</a> He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint. / He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble you and test you, so that in the end He might cause you to prosper. <a href="/john/6-31.htm">John 6:31-33</a> Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” / Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. / For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” <a href="/john/6-49.htm">John 6:49-51</a> Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died. / This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die. / I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is My flesh.” <a href="/1_corinthians/10-3.htm">1 Corinthians 10:3-4</a> They all ate the same spiritual food / and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ. <a href="/psalms/78-15.htm">Psalm 78:15-16</a> He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as abundant as the seas. / He brought streams from the stone and made water flow down like rivers. <a href="/isaiah/48-21.htm">Isaiah 48:21</a> They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts; He made water flow for them from the rock; He split the rock, and water gushed out. <a href="/numbers/11-7.htm">Numbers 11:7-9</a> Now the manna resembled coriander seed, and its appearance was like that of gum resin. / The people walked around and gathered it, ground it on a handmill or crushed it in a mortar, then boiled it in a cooking pot or shaped it into cakes. It tasted like pastry baked with fine oil. / When the dew fell on the camp at night, the manna would fall with it. <a href="/numbers/20-11.htm">Numbers 20:11</a> Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that a great amount of water gushed out, and the congregation and their livestock were able to drink.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And gave them bread from heaven for their hunger, and brought forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promised them that they should go in to possess the land which you had sworn to give them.gavest<a href="/exodus/16-4.htm">Exodus 16:4,14,15</a> 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… <a href="/deuteronomy/8-3.htm">Deuteronomy 8:3,16</a> And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live… <a href="/psalms/78-24.htm">Psalm 78:24,25</a> And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven… broughtest<a href="/nehemiah/9-20.htm">Nehemiah 9:20</a> Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.<a href="/exodus/17-6.htm">Exodus 17:6</a> Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.<a href="/numbers/20-7.htm">Numbers 20:7-11</a> And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, … go<a href="/deuteronomy/1-8.htm">Deuteronomy 1:8</a> Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.<a href="/joshua/1-2.htm">Joshua 1:2-4</a> Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel… sworn.<a href="/genesis/14-22.htm">Genesis 14:22</a> And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,<a href="/numbers/14-30.htm">Numbers 14:30</a> Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.<a href="/ezekiel/20-15.htm">Ezekiel 20:15</a> Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/nehemiah/5-18.htm">Bread</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-7.htm">Broughtest</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-14.htm">Command</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-14.htm">Commanded</a> <a href="/nehemiah/8-12.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/nehemiah/2-8.htm">Enter</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-7.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-13.htm">Gavest</a> <a href="/ezra/9-14.htm">Hadst</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-14.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-13.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-13.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/32-11.htm">Hunger</a> <a href="/ezra/6-11.htm">Lifted</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-3.htm">Need</a> <a href="/nehemiah/8-13.htm">Order</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-14.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/ezra/9-11.htm">Possess</a> <a href="/ezra/4-16.htm">Possession</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-25.htm">Promisedst</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-7.htm">Provided</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/25-12.htm">Rock</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/33-5.htm">Sky</a> <a href="/ezra/10-5.htm">Swore</a> <a href="/nehemiah/6-18.htm">Sworn</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/32-11.htm">Thirst</a> <a href="/2_kings/14-10.htm">Uplifted</a> <a href="/nehemiah/8-16.htm">Water</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/nehemiah/10-33.htm">Bread</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-23.htm">Broughtest</a> <a href="/nehemiah/11-9.htm">Command</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-5.htm">Commanded</a> <a href="/esther/1-7.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-23.htm">Enter</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-8.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-20.htm">Gavest</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-23.htm">Hadst</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-24.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-23.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-23.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/job/5-22.htm">Hunger</a> <a href="/esther/3-1.htm">Lifted</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-20.htm">Need</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-26.htm">Order</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-16.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-23.htm">Possess</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-22.htm">Possession</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-24.htm">Promisedst</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-21.htm">Provided</a> <a href="/job/8-17.htm">Rock</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-23.htm">Sky</a> <a href="/psalms/89-49.htm">Swore</a> <a href="/psalms/15-4.htm">Sworn</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-20.htm">Thirst</a> <a href="/job/38-15.htm">Uplifted</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-20.htm">Water</a><div class="vheading2">Nehemiah 9</div>1. <a href="/nehemiah/9-1.htm">A solemn fast, and repentance of the people</a> 4. <a href="/nehemiah/9-4.htm">The Levites make a confession of God's goodness, and their wickedness</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This phrase refers to the miraculous provision of manna, as described in <a href="/exodus/16.htm">Exodus 16</a>. The Israelites, during their wilderness journey, were sustained by this bread-like substance that appeared each morning. Manna is often seen as a type of Christ, who is referred to as the "bread of life" in <a href="/john/6-31.htm">John 6:31-35</a>. This provision highlights God's faithfulness and care for His people, even in times of need. The manna also served as a test of obedience, as the Israelites were instructed to gather only what they needed for each day, except before the Sabbath.in their thirst You brought them water from the rock. This phrase recalls the events in <a href="/exodus/17.htm">Exodus 17:1-7</a> and <a href="/numbers/20-2.htm">Numbers 20:2-13</a>, where God provided water from a rock to quench the thirst of the Israelites. The rock is often seen as a symbol of Christ, as Paul explains in <a href="/1_corinthians/10-4.htm">1 Corinthians 10:4</a>, where he states that the spiritual rock that followed them was Christ. This miraculous provision underscores God's ability to provide for His people in seemingly impossible situations and serves as a reminder of His power and presence.You told them to go in and possess the land This phrase refers to God's command to the Israelites to enter and take possession of the Promised Land, as seen in <a href="/deuteronomy/1-8.htm">Deuteronomy 1:8</a>. The land was a central part of God's covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and it represented a place of rest and blessing for the nation of Israel. The command to possess the land required faith and obedience, as the Israelites faced formidable enemies and challenges.that You had sworn to give them. This phrase emphasizes the covenantal promise God made to the patriarchs, as recorded in <a href="/genesis/12-7.htm">Genesis 12:7, 15</a>:18, and 26:3. God's oath to give the land to the descendants of Abraham was a foundational aspect of Israel's identity and history. The fulfillment of this promise was contingent upon Israel's faithfulness and obedience, yet it also demonstrated God's unwavering commitment to His word. The land promise is seen as a precursor to the ultimate rest and inheritance believers have in Christ, as described in <a href="/hebrews/4-8.htm">Hebrews 4:8-10</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a> The central figure in this verse, God is depicted as the provider and sustainer of the Israelites, fulfilling His promises and meeting their needs. 2. <a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a> The people of God who were delivered from Egypt and sustained in the wilderness. They are the recipients of God's provision and promises. 3. <a href="/topical/b/bread_from_heaven.htm">Bread from Heaven</a> Refers to the manna that God provided for the Israelites during their 40 years in the wilderness (Exodus 16). 4. <a href="/topical/w/water_from_the_rock.htm">Water from the Rock</a> An event where God miraculously provided water for the Israelites from a rock, as recorded in <a href="/bsb/exodus/17.htm">Exodus 17</a> and <a href="/bsb/numbers/20.htm">Numbers 20</a>. 5. <a href="/topical/p/promised_land.htm">Promised Land</a> The land of Canaan, which God had sworn to give to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_in_provision.htm">God's Faithfulness in Provision</a> God consistently provides for the needs of His people, both physically and spiritually. Just as He provided manna and water, He meets our needs today. <a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_promises.htm">Trust in God's Promises</a> The Israelites were called to trust in God's promise of the Promised Land. We, too, are called to trust in God's promises for our lives, knowing He is faithful. <a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_commands.htm">Obedience to God's Commands</a> God instructed the Israelites to possess the land. Obedience to God's commands is crucial in experiencing His blessings. <a href="/topical/s/spiritual_sustenance.htm">Spiritual Sustenance</a> The manna and water symbolize spiritual sustenance. Jesus, the Bread of Life, and the Living Water, fulfills our deepest spiritual needs. <a href="/topical/g/gratitude_for_god's_provision.htm">Gratitude for God's Provision</a> Recognizing God's provision should lead to gratitude and worship. Reflect on how God has provided for you and respond with thankfulness.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_nehemiah_9.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Nehemiah 9</a> <a href="/q/what_is_the_pool_of_siloam.htm">What is the Pool of Siloam?</a> <a href="/q/can_jer._9_15's_'wormwood'_be_historical.htm">Jeremiah 9:15 mentions God giving 'wormwood' and 'poisoned water' as judgment--can this be reconciled with known scientific or historical data?</a> <a href="/q/why_would_god_displace_nations_for_israel.htm">In Exodus 23:23-31, why would a just God command the displacement of entire nations for Israel's sake?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_wormwood_mean_in_revelation.htm">What does wormwood symbolize in Revelation?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/nehemiah/9.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(15) Bread from heaven.--A change of phrase, which our Lord consecrated for ever (John 6).<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/nehemiah/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 15. - Bread from heaven. The manna had been already called the "bread of heaven" (<a href="/psalms/105-40.htm">Psalm 105:40</a>) and the "corn of heaven" (<a href="/psalms/78-24.htm">Psalm 78:24</a>) by the national psalmists. The composer of this prayer now for the first time calls it "bread from heaven"- a phrase consecrated to Christians by its employment in <a href="/john/6.htm">John 6</a>. (vers. 32, 51, 58). <a href="/commentaries/nehemiah/9-15.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>In their hunger לִרְעָבָ֔ם (lir·‘ā·ḇām) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7458.htm">Strong's 7458: </a> Famine, hunger You provided נָתַ֤תָּה (nā·ṯat·tāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> To give, put, set bread וְ֠לֶחֶם (wə·le·ḥem) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3899.htm">Strong's 3899: </a> Food, bread, grain from heaven; מִשָּׁמַ֜יִם (miš·šā·ma·yim) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8064.htm">Strong's 8064: </a> Heaven, sky in their thirst לִצְמָאָ֑ם (liṣ·mā·’ām) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6772.htm">Strong's 6772: </a> Thirst You brought הוֹצֵ֥אתָ (hō·w·ṣê·ṯā) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> To go, bring, out, direct and proxim water וּמַ֗יִם (ū·ma·yim) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4325.htm">Strong's 4325: </a> Water, juice, urine, semen from the rock. מִסֶּ֛לַע (mis·se·la‘) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5553.htm">Strong's 5553: </a> A craggy rock You told וַתֹּ֣אמֶר (wat·tō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say them to go in לָבוֹא֙ (lā·ḇō·w) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go and possess לָרֶ֣שֶׁת (lā·re·šeṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3423.htm">Strong's 3423: </a> To occupy, to seize, to rob, to inherit, to expel, to impoverish, to ruin the land הָאָ֔רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land which אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that You had sworn נָשָׂ֥אתָ (nā·śā·ṯā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5375.htm">Strong's 5375: </a> To lift, carry, take to give לָתֵ֥ת (lā·ṯêṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> To give, put, set them. לָהֶֽם׃ (lā·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/nehemiah/9-15.htm">Nehemiah 9:15 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/nehemiah/9-15.htm">Nehemiah 9:15 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/nehemiah/9-15.htm">Nehemiah 9:15 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/nehemiah/9-15.htm">Nehemiah 9:15 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/nehemiah/9-15.htm">Nehemiah 9:15 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/nehemiah/9-15.htm">Nehemiah 9:15 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/nehemiah/9-15.htm">Nehemiah 9:15 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/nehemiah/9-15.htm">Nehemiah 9:15 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/nehemiah/9-15.htm">Nehemiah 9:15 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/nehemiah/9-15.htm">Nehemiah 9:15 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-15.htm">OT History: Nehemiah 9:15 And gave them bread from the sky (Neh Ne) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/nehemiah/9-14.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Nehemiah 9:14"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Nehemiah 9:14" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/nehemiah/9-16.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Nehemiah 9:16"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Nehemiah 9:16" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>