Psalm 78:14-20
Contemporary English Version
14 (A) He guided them during the day
with a cloud,
and each night he led them
with a flaming fire.
15 (B) God made water flow
from rocks he split open
in the desert,
and his people drank freely,
as though from a lake.
16 He made streams gush out
like rivers from rocks.
17 But in the desert,
the people of God Most High
kept sinning and rebelling.
18 (C) They stubbornly tested God
and demanded from him
what they wanted to eat.
19 They challenged God by saying,
“Can God provide food
out here in the desert?
20 It's true God struck the rock
and water gushed out
like a river,
but can he give his people
bread and meat?”
Psalm 78:23-25
Contemporary English Version
23 But God gave a command
to the clouds,
and he opened the doors
in the skies.
24 (A) From heaven he sent grain
that they called manna.[a]
25 He gave them more than enough,
and each one of them ate
this special food.
Footnotes
- 78.24 manna: When the people of Israel were wandering through the desert, the Lord gave them a special kind of food to eat. It tasted like a wafer and was called “manna,” which in Hebrew means, “What is this?”
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