October 14

TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE

And He humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that He might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.  Deuteronomy 8:3
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​Memorize this Verse:
​3. A H H T A S T T H A F T W M W T K N N D T F K T H M M T K T M D N L B B O B B E W T P O O T M O T L D M L

Notes on verse:

“Manna, which thou knowest not”: God sustained the people in the wilderness with a food previously unknown to them. See (Exodus 16:15), for the beginning of the giving of the manna and (Joshua 5:12), for its cessation.

“Man doth not live by bread only”: Israel’s food in the wilderness was decreed by the Word of God. They had manna because it came by God’s command; therefore, ultimately it was not bread that kept them alive, but God’s Word (compare Matt. 4:4; Luke 4:4).

Jesus quoted these words to the devil in His temptation: man “live … by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD” (Matt. 4:4).

We find that they were taught that God is their source. When they hungered, He fed them. They did not know what the manna was, just that it kept them from starving. They soon found that God was their provider. The statement, in the verse above, is in the New Testament, too.

Matthew 4:4 “But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.”

TODAY'S BIBLE READING

October 14
Today's Bible Reading Plan selections can be found below. If you don't have a Bible with you, just click the references to read each passage online:

Old Testament
Jeremiah 35-38  —  8.0 minutes
Ecclesiastes 11  —  3.0 minutes

New Testament
John 4:43-54  —  3.0 minutes
1 Peter 1:10-16  —  2.0 minutes

Total Average Read Time — 16.0 minutes