Jesus here quoted the prophet Moses, who told the Israelites: “[Jehovah] humbled you and let you go hungry and fed you with the manna, which neither you had known nor your fathers had known; in order to make you know that not by bread alone does man live but by every expression of Jehovah’s mouth does man live. ”
(‏ متى ٤ :‏ ٤‏ )‏ اقتبس يسوع هنا من كلمات النبي موسى الى الاسرائيليين :‏ « اذلّك [يهوه] وأجاعك وأطعمك المنّ الذي لم تكن تعرفه ولا عرفه آباؤك لكي يعلِّمك انه ليس بالخبز وحده يحيا الانسان بل بكل ما يخرج من فم الرب يحيا الانسان » .‏