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Psalm 78:24

He rained down manna on them to eat, and gave them food from the sky.

22because they didn’t believe in God, and didn’t trust in his salvation.
23Yet he commanded the skies above, and opened the doors of heaven.
24He rained down manna on them to eat, and gave them food from the sky.
25Man ate the bread of angels. He sent them food to the full.
26He caused the east wind to blow in the sky. By his power he guided the south wind.
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Notice

Food falls from the sky into the lives of people who distrust God, raising the question of how his gifts and human trust meet.

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What stands out when you read about manna after the people's refusal to trust God?

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What food on your table might you name as God's gift today?

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What difference do you see between receiving God's provision and trusting the God who gives it?

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Where else Scripture says this

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

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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 describe bread raining from the sky; Exodus adds the daily gathering and God's test of obedience.
Psalm 105:40They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of the sky.Both psalms recount God feeding his people with food from the sky.
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 recall God feeding his people manna; Deuteronomy explains what that provision was meant to teach them.
John 6:31–71Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness. As it is written, ‘He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.’”The speakers in John recall their ancestors eating manna and quote Scripture about bread given from heaven.
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.The psalm names the manna as God's gift; Exodus describes its small, frostlike appearance on the wilderness ground.
Nehemiah 9:15and 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 …Both recount God giving bread from the sky to meet his people's hunger.
Nehemiah 9:20You gave also your good Spirit to instruct them, and didn’t withhold your manna from their mouth, and gave them water for their thirst.Both remember God's gift of manna, with Nehemiah stressing that he did not withhold it.
1 Corinthians 10:3and all ate the same spiritual food;Both speak of a people eating shared food; Corinthians describes their food as spiritual.
Psalm 68:9You, God, sent a plentiful rain. You confirmed your inheritance when it was weary.Both describe God sending something down like rain, though Psalm 78 names manna and Psalm 68 names plentiful rain.
Where this verse fits

Gratitude. job loss or money fear. an ordinary day.

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One step

Something small to carry out of this verse

Pray Psalm 78:24 aloud before your next meal.

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Encouragement

Israel’s distrust was real, and God still sent food for them to eat. His gift reached their bodies: manna was something they could gather and eat.

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