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Numbers 11:7

5 We remember the fish we ate freely in Egypt, along with the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic.

6 But now our appetite is gone; there is nothing to see but this manna!”

Now the manna resembled coriander seed, and its appearance was like that of gum resin.

8 The people walked around and gathered it, ground it on a handmill or crushed it in a mortar, then boiled it in a cooking pot or shaped it into cakes. It tasted like pastry baked with fine oil.

9 When the dew fell on the camp at night, the manna would fall with it.

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BSB
Now the manna resembled coriander seed, and its appearance was like that of gum resin.
KJV
And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.
WEB
The manna was like coriander seed, and it looked like bdellium.
ASV
And the manna was like coriander seed, and the appearance thereof as the appearance of bdellium.
DARBY
And the manna was as coriander seed, and its appearance as the appearance of bdellium.
BLB
And the manna was like coriander seed, and its eye was like the eye of of bdellium.
ÅB
Mannaen lignet korianderfrø, og av utseende var den som bdellium.
OTB
Mannaen var som korianderfrø og hadde utseende som harpiks.
B1930
Mannaen lignet korianderfrø, og av utseende var den som bdellium.

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Cross references

  • Exodus 16:31

    Now the house of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey.

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  • Exodus 16:14–15

    When the layer of dew had evaporated, there were thin flakes on the desert floor, as fine as frost on the ground.

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  • Genesis 2:12

    And the gold of that land is pure, and bdellium and onyx are found there.

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  • 1 Corinthians 1:23–24

    but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,

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  • Revelation 2:17

    He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone inscribed with a new name, known only to the one who receives it.

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