Psalms 78:27

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“He rained meat on them like dust, and winged birds like the sand of the sea.”

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BSBPD

“He rained meat on them like dust, and winged birds like the sand of the sea.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“He rained flesh also upon them as the dust, And winged birds as the sand of the seas:”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And He raineth on them flesh as dust, And as sand of the seas--winged fowl,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 78:27 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 16:12“I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God.’”
  2. Numbers 11:18And say to the people: Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, and you will eat meat, because you have cried out in the hearing of the LORD, saying: ‘Who will feed us meat? For we were better off in Egypt!’ Therefore the LORD will give you meat, and you will eat.
  3. Numbers 11:31Now a wind sent by the LORD came up, drove in quail from the sea, and brought them near the camp, about two cubits above the surface of the ground, for a day’s journey in every direction around the camp.
  4. Numbers 11:32All that day and night, and all the next day, the people stayed up gathering the quail. No one gathered less than ten homers, and they spread them out all around the camp.

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