Numbers 11:7

Now the manna was like a seed of grain, like small clear drops.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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

In Context

6But now our soul is wasted away; there is nothing at all: we have nothing but this manna before our eyes.

8The people went about taking it up from the earth, crushing it between stones or hammering it to powder, and boiling it in pots, and they made cakes of it: its taste was like the taste of cakes cooked with oil.

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Cross References

Exodus 16:14And when the dew was gone, on the face of the earth was a small round thing, like small drops of ice on the earth.

Exodus 16:31And this bread was named manna by Israel: it was white, like a grain seed, and its taste was like cakes made with honey.

Revelation 2:17He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give of the secret manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name, of which no one has knowledge but he to whom it is given.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 11:5-16

4 And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat? 5 We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick: 6 But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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