17 But they continued to sink against him,

rebelling in the wilderness against the Most High.

18 They willfully put God to the testl

by demanding the food they craved.m

19 They spoke against God;n

they said, “Can God really

spread a table in the wilderness?

20 True, he struck the rock,

and water gushed out,o

streams flowed abundantly,

but can he also give us bread?

Can he supply meatp for his people?”

21 When the Lord heard them, he was furious;

his fire broke outq against Jacob,

and his wrath rose against Israel,

22 for they did not believe in God

or trustr in his deliverance.

23 Yet he gave a command to the skies above

and opened the doors of the heavens;s

24 he rained down mannat for the people to eat,

he gave them the grain of heaven.

25 Human beings ate the bread of angels;

he sent them all the food they could eat.