Numbers 11:9
7 And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.
8 And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.
And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.
10 Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased.
11 And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- When the dew fell on the camp at night, the manna would fall with it.
- KJV
- And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.
- WEB
- When the dew fell on the camp in the night, the manna fell on it.
- ASV
- And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.
- DARBY
- And when the dew fell upon the camp by night, the manna fell upon it.
- BLB
- And in the descending of the dew on the camp by night, the manna fell on it.
- ÅB
- Når duggen falt ned over leiren om natten, da falt mannaen ned sammen med den.
- OTB
- Når duggen falt på leiren om natten, kom mannaen ned med den.
- B1930
- Når duggen falt ned over leiren om natten, da falt mannaen ned sammen med den.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 16:13–14
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.
Read in contextPsalms 78:23–25
Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,
Read in contextPsalms 105:40
The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 32:2
My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
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