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I will rain down bread from heaven for you

God speaks of food coming down from heaven as if it were rain. Alternate translation: "I will make bread come down from heaven like rain" or "I will make bread fall to you from the sky" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor)

bread

God speaks of the food that he will send as if it were bread. The Israelites would eat this food every day, just as they had eaten bread every day before this. Alternate translation: "food" or "food like bread" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor)

walk in my law

God speaks of obeying his law as walking in it. Alternate translation: "obey my law" or "live according to my law" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor)

my law

"my command"