John 6:31

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“Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness. As it is written, ‘He gave them bread out of heavenGreek and Hebrew use the same word for “heaven”, “the heavens”, “the sky”, and “the air”. to eat.’”Exodus 16:4; Nehemiah 9:15; Psalm 78:24-25”

— WEB

“Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.”

— KJV

“Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.”

— ASV

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Nehemiah 9:15 "and 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 t…"
Psalms 105:40 "They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of the sky."
Psalms 78:24-25 "He rained down manna on them to eat, and gave them food from the sky."
Exodus 16:4-15 "Then Yahweh 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 …"
Exodus 16:35 "The children of Israel ate the manna forty years, until they came to an inhabited land. They ate the manna until they came to the borders…"
Nehemiah 9:20 "You gave also your good Spirit to instruct them, and didn’t withhold your manna from their mouth, and gave them water for their thirst."
Numbers 11:6-9 "but now we have lost our appetite. There is nothing at all except this manna to look at.”"
John 6:49 "Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died."

Commentary

Our fathers did eat manna, &c.--insinuating the inferiority of Christ's miracle of the loaves to those of Moses: "When Moses claimed the confidence of the fathers, 'he gave them bread from heaven to eat'--not for a few thousands, but for millions, and not once only, but daily throughout their wilderness journey."

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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