Nehemiah 9:20

Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them ,.... In the knowledge of the laws delivered to them; the spirit of prophecy, according to Ben Melech, and which Aben Ezra interprets of the spirit put upon the seventy elders, Numbers 11:17 ,

and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth ; all the while they were in the wilderness, until they came to Canaan's land; called the Lord's manna, because prepared by him, and given by him to them; a part or portion and gift from the Lord, as Ben Melech, from whence it had its name, see Exodus 16:15

and gavest them water for their thirst ; which seems to have respect to the last rock stricken for them, after their many provocations in the wilderness, Numbers 20:11 .