Numbers 11:7
And the manna was as coriander seed, and its appearance as the appearance of bdellium.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.
In Context
6and now our soul is dried up: there is nothing at all but the manna before our eyes.
Cross References
Exodus 16:14And 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.
Exodus 16:31And the house of Israel called its name Manna; and it was like coriander-seed, white; and the taste of it was like cake with honey.
Revelation 2:17He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him that overcomes, to him will I give of the hidden manna; and I will give to him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written, which no one knows but he that receives [it].
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 →