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Psalm 105:40

They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of the sky.

38Egypt was glad when they departed, for the fear of them had fallen on them.
39He spread a cloud for a covering, fire to give light in the night.
40They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of the sky.
41He opened the rock, and waters gushed out. They ran as a river in the dry places.
42For he remembered his holy word, and Abraham, his servant.
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Notice

Quails and bread from the sky make God's care tangible, as the verse remembers hungry people asking and receiving food that satisfied them.

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Where else Scripture says this

10 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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John 6:31Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness. As it is written, ‘He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.’”Both recall bread given from heaven, with John naming the manna eaten by the ancestors in the wilderness.
Deuteronomy 8:3He humbled you, allowed you to be hungry, and fed you with manna, which you didn’t know, neither did your fathers know, that he might teach you that man does …Both describe God feeding his people with manna; Deuteronomy also names hunger and dependence on God's word.
Exodus 16:13In the evening, quail came up and covered the camp; and in the morning the dew lay around the camp.The quails God brought in the psalm appear in Exodus as quail covering the camp in the evening.
Psalm 78:24He rained down manna on them to eat, and gave them food from the sky.Both psalms describe food from the sky, and Psalm 78 names that food as manna.
Psalm 78:18They tempted God in their heart by asking food according to their desire.Both mention requests for food; Psalm 78 describes the asking as testing God, while Psalm 105 records his provision.
Numbers 11:31A wind from the LORD went out and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, about a day’s journey on this side, and a day’s journey on the …Both credit God with bringing quails; Numbers describes the wind from the LORD carrying them from the sea.
Exodus 16:4Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain bread from the sky for you, and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, that I may test …Both speak of bread from the sky; Exodus adds God's command to gather a day's portion each day.
Exodus 16:14When the dew that lay had gone, behold, on the surface of the wilderness was a small round thing, small as the frost on the ground.Psalm 105 names the bread from the sky; Exodus describes what appeared on the wilderness ground after the dew.
1 Corinthians 10:3and all ate the same spiritual food;Both recall food shared by God's people, with Corinthians describing that food as spiritual.
Joshua 5:12The manna ceased on the next day, after they had eaten of the produce of the land. The children of Israel didn’t have manna any more, but they ate of the fruit …Both recall manna as Israel's food; Joshua marks its end when they began eating the produce of Canaan.
Where this verse fits

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One step

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Name one need in prayer before your next meal

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Encouragement

Your bodily needs have a place in prayer. This psalm remembers an answer people could eat: God brought quails and satisfied them with bread.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).