Nehemiah 9:19-21
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
19 Yet in your great mercy
you did not forsake them in the desert.
By day the column of cloud did not cease to lead them on their journey,
by night the column of fire did not cease to light the way they were to travel.
20 (A)Your good spirit you bestowed on them,
to give them understanding;
Your manna you did not withhold from their mouths,
and you gave them water in their thirst.
21 (B)Forty years in the desert you sustained them:
they did not want;
Their garments did not become worn,
and their feet did not swell.
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