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Psalms 78:24

78:23 Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,
And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.

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

And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.

And had rained down manna on them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.

78:25 Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full. Man: or, Every one did eat the bread of the mighty

What does Psalms 78:24 mean?

Psalms 78:24 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include מָטַר (mâṭar), מָן (mân), אָכַל (ʼâkal).

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And
had
rained
downמָטַרmâṭar/maw-tar'/H4305to rain
mannaמָןmân/mawn/H4478literally a whatness (so to speak), i.e. manna (so called from the question about it)
upon
them
to
eat,אָכַלʼâkal/aw-kal'/H398to eat (literally or figuratively)
and
had
givenנָתַןnâthan/naw-than'/H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
them
of
the
cornדָּגָןdâgân/daw-gawn'/H1715properly, increase, i.e. grain
of
heaven.שָׁמַיִםshâmayim/shaw-mah'-yim/H8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)

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Genesis 1:17

And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

Genesis 18:8

And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.

Genesis 19:24

Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;

Genesis 24:7

The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.

Genesis 27:28

Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:

Genesis 3:12

And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

Genesis 3:6

And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. pleasant: Heb. a desire

Genesis 9:2

And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.

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What does Psalms 78:24 say?

Psalms 78:24 (King James Version) reads: "And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven."

Is Psalms 78:24 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 78:24 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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