Psalms 105:40
They asked, and the quail came: and he filled them with the bread of heaven.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
In Context
39He spread a cloud for their protection, and fire to give them light in the night.
41He opened the rock, and waters flowed: rivers ran down in the dry land.
Cross References
Exodus 16:14And when it had covered the face of the earth, it appeared in the wilderness small, and as it were beaten with a pestle, like unto the hoar frost on the ground.
Numbers 11:31And a wind going out from the Lord, taking quails up beyond the sea brought them, and cast them into the camp for the space of one day's journey, on every side of the camp round about, and they flew in the air two cubits high above the ground.
Joshua 5:12And the manna ceased after they ate of the corn of the land, neither did the children of Israel use that food any more, but they ate of the corn of the present year of the land of Chanaan.
Psalms 78:18And they tempted God in their hearts, by asking meat for their desires.
Psalms 78:24And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them the bread of heaven.
John 6:31Our fathers did eat manna in the desert, as it is written: He gave them bread from heaven to eat.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 105:26-45
Israel's Deliverance Out of Egypt. 25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants. 26 He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen. 27 They showed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. 28 He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word. 29 He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish. 30 Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings. 31 He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and… Read the whole commentary →