Nehemiah 9:20
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And thou gavest them thy good Spirit to teach them, and thy manna thou didst not withhold from their mouth, and thou gavest them water for their thirst.

gavest

Nehemiah 9:30 And thou didst forbear with them for many years, and didst testify against them by thy spirit by the hand of thy prophets: and they heard not, and thou didst deliver them into the hand of the people of the lands.

Numbers 11:17,25-29 That I may come down and speak with thee: and I will take of thy spirit, and will give to them, that they may bear with thee the burden of the people, and thou mayest not be burthened alone. . . .

Isaiah 63:11-14 And he remembered the days of old of Moses, and of his people: Where is he that brought them up out of the sea, with the shepherds of his flock? where is he that put in the midst of them the spirit of his Holy One? . . .

good

Psalm 143:10 Teach me to do thy will, for thou art my God. Thy good spirit shall lead me into the right land:

Romans 15:30 I beseech you therefore, brethren, through our Lord Jesus Christ and by the charity of the Holy Ghost, that you help me in your prayers for me to God,

Galatians 5:22,23 But the fruit of the Spirit is, charity, joy, peace, patience, benignity, goodness, longanimity, . . .

Ephesians 5:9 For the fruit of the light is in all goodness and justice and truth:

2 Peter 1:21 For prophecy came not by the will of man at any time: but the holy men of God spoke, inspired by the Holy Ghost.

withheldest

Exodus 16:15,35 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another: Manhu! which signifieth: What is this! for they knew not what it was. And Moses said to them: This is the bread which the Lord hath given you to eat. . . .

Joshua 5:12 And the manna ceased after they ate of the corn of the land, neither did the children of Israel use that food any more, but they ate of the corn of the present year of the land of Chanaan.

gavest

Exodus 17:6 Behold I will stand there before thee, upon the rock Horeb, and thou shalt strike the rock, and water shall come out of it that the people may drink. Moses did so before the ancients of Israel:

Psalm 105:41 He opened the rock, and waters flowed: rivers ran down in the dry land.

Isaiah 41:17,18 The needy and the poor seek for waters, and there are none: their tongue hath been dry with thirst. I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. . . .

Isaiah 48:21 They thirsted not in the desert, when he led them out: he brought forth water out of the rock for them, and he clove the rock, and the waters gushed out.

Isaiah 49:10 They shall not hunger, nor thirst, neither shall the heat nor the sun strike them: for he that is merciful to them, shall be their shepherd, and at the fountains of waters he shall give them drink.

John 4:10,14 Jesus answered and said to her: If thou didst know the gift of God and who he is that saith to thee: Give me to drink; thou perhaps wouldst have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. . . .

John 7:37-39 And on the last, and great day of the festivity, Jesus stood and cried, saying: If any man thirst, let him come to me and drink. . . .

Context
The People Confess Their Sins
19Yet thou, in thy many mercies, didst not leave them in the desert: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day to lead them in the way, and the pillar of fire by night to shew them the way by which they should go. 20And thou gavest them thy good Spirit to teach them, and thy manna thou didst not withhold from their mouth, and thou gavest them water for their thirst.21Forty years didst thou feed them in the desert, and nothing was wanting to them: their garments did not grow old, and their feet were not worn.…
Cross References
1 Corinthians 10:3
And did all eat the same spiritual food:

Exodus 16:35
And the children of Israel ate manna forty years, till they came to a habitable land: with this meat were they fed, until they reached the borders of the land of Chanaan.

Numbers 11:17
That I may come down and speak with thee: and I will take of thy spirit, and will give to them, that they may bear with thee the burden of the people, and thou mayest not be burthened alone.

Nehemiah 9:30
And thou didst forbear with them for many years, and didst testify against them by thy spirit by the hand of thy prophets: and they heard not, and thou didst deliver them into the hand of the people of the lands.

Psalm 143:10
Teach me to do thy will, for thou art my God. Thy good spirit shall lead me into the right land:

Isaiah 63:11
And he remembered the days of old of Moses, and of his people: Where is he that brought them up out of the sea, with the shepherds of his flock? where is he that put in the midst of them the spirit of his Holy One?

Haggai 2:5
The word that I covenanted with you when you came out of the land of Egypt: and my spirit shall be in the midst of you: fear not.

Lexicon
You gave
נָתַ֖תָּ (nā·ṯa·tā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

Your good
הַטּוֹבָ֔ה (haṭ·ṭō·w·ḇāh)
Article | Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

Spirit
וְרוּחֲךָ֨ (wə·rū·ḥă·ḵā)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit

to instruct them.
לְהַשְׂכִּילָ֑ם (lə·haś·kî·lām)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7919: To be, circumspect, intelligent

You did not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

withhold
מָנַ֣עְתָּ (mā·na‘·tā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4513: To debar, from benefit, injury

Your manna
וּמַנְךָ֙ (ū·man·ḵā)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4478: Manna (a kind of bread)

from their mouths,
מִפִּיהֶ֔ם (mip·pî·hem)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to

and You gave
נָתַ֥תָּה (nā·ṯat·tāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

them water
וּמַ֛יִם (ū·ma·yim)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

for their thirst.
לִצְמָאָֽם׃ (liṣ·mā·’ām)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6772: Thirst


Additional Translations
You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold Your manna from their mouths, and You gave them water for their thirst.You gave also your good spirit to instruct them, and withheld not your manna from their mouth, and gave them water for their thirst.

Thou gavest also thy good Spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.

And thou gavest thy good Spirit to instruct them, and thou didst not withhold thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water in their thirst.

Thou gavest also thy good Spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.

Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.

Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.

You gave also your good Spirit to instruct them, and didn't withhold your manna from their mouth, and gave them water for their thirst.

'And Thy good Spirit Thou hast given, to cause them to act wisely; and Thy manna Thou hast not withheld from their mouth, and water Thou hast given to them for their thirst,
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