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Exodus 16:14

12 I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God.

13 And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host.

And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.

15 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.

16 This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number of your persons; take ye every man for them which are in his tents.

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BSB
When the layer of dew had evaporated, there were thin flakes on the desert floor, as fine as frost on the ground.
KJV
And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.
WEB
When the dew that lay had gone, behold, on the surface of the wilderness was a small round thing, small as the frost on the ground.
ASV
And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness a small round thing, small as the hoar-frost on the ground.
DARBY
And when the dew that lay [round it] was gone up, behold, on the face of the wilderness there was [something] fine, granular, fine as hoar-frost, on the ground.
BLB
And the lying of the dew went up, and behold, on the face of the wilderness a thin, flaky substance, [as] thin as frost on the earth.
ÅB
Og da duggen gikk bort, se, da lå det utover ørkenen noe fint, kornet, fint som rim på jorden.
OTB
Da duggen fordampet, se, på overflaten av ørkenen var det et fint, flak-lignende stoff, så fint som rim på bakken.
B1930
Og da duggen gikk bort, se, da lå det utover ørkenen noget fint, kornet, fint som rim på jorden.

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  • Deuteronomy 8:3

    And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.

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  • Nehemiah 9:15

    And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.

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  • Psalms 105:40

    The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

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  • Psalms 78:24

    And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.

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  • Numbers 11:7–9

    And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.

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  • Psalms 147:16

    He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.

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  • Exodus 16:31

    And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.

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