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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.

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Footnotes

  1. 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?”

23 Yet he gave a command to the skies above
    and opened the doors of the heavens;(A)
24 he rained down manna(B) for the people to eat,
    he gave them the grain of heaven.
25 Human beings ate the bread of angels;
    he sent them all the food they could eat.

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