Psalm 78:23-29

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²³Yet he gave a command to the skies above
    and opened the doors of the heavens;^(A)
²⁴he rained down manna^(B) for the people to eat,
    he gave them the grain of heaven.
²⁵Human beings ate the bread of angels;
    he sent them all the food they could eat.
²⁶He let loose the east wind^(C) from the heavens
    and by his power made the south wind blow.
²⁷He rained meat down on them like dust,
    birds^(D) like sand on the seashore.
²⁸He made them come down inside their camp,
    all around their tents.
²⁹They ate till they were gorged—^(E)
    he had given them what they craved.

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Exodus 12:33-42

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³³The Egyptians urged the people to hurry^(A) and leave^(B) the country. “For otherwise,” they said, “we will all die!”^(C) ³⁴So the people took their dough before the yeast was added, and carried it on their shoulders in kneading troughs^(D) wrapped in clothing. ³⁵The Israelites did as Moses instructed and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold^(E) and for clothing.^(F) ³⁶The Lord had made the Egyptians favorably disposed^(G) toward the people, and they gave them what they asked for; so they plundered^(H) the Egyptians.

³⁷The Israelites journeyed from Rameses^(I) to Sukkoth.^(J) There were about six hundred thousand men^(K) on foot, besides women and children. ³⁸Many other people^(L) went up with them, and also large droves of livestock, both flocks and herds. ³⁹With the dough the Israelites had brought from Egypt, they baked loaves of unleavened bread. The dough was without yeast because they had been driven out^(M) of Egypt and did not have time to prepare food for themselves.

⁴⁰Now the length of time the Israelite people lived in Egypt^[a] was 430 years.^(N) ⁴¹At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the Lord’s divisions^(O) left Egypt.^(P) ⁴²Because the Lord kept vigil that night to bring them out of Egypt, on this night all the Israelites are to keep vigil to honor the Lord for the generations to come.^(Q)

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Footnotes

Exodus 12:40 Masoretic Text; Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint Egypt and Canaan

1 Corinthians 11:17-22

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Correcting an Abuse of the Lord’s Supper^(A)

¹⁷In the following directives I have no praise for you,^(B) for your meetings do more harm than good. ¹⁸In the first place, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions^(C) among you, and to some extent I believe it. ¹⁹No doubt there have to be differences among you to show which of you have God’s approval.^(D) ²⁰So then, when you come together, it is not the Lord’s Supper you eat, ²¹for when you are eating, some of you go ahead with your own private suppers.^(E) As a result, one person remains hungry and another gets drunk. ²²Don’t you have homes to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God^(F) by humiliating those who have nothing?^(G) What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you?^(H) Certainly not in this matter!