Numbers 11:7

And the manna is as coriander seed, and its aspect as the aspect of bdellium;

Literal Standard Version

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] dry, there is not anything, except the manna, before our eyes.”

8the people have turned aside and gathered [it], and ground [it] with millstones, or beat [it] in a mortar, and boiled [it] in a pan, and made it cakes, and its taste has been as the taste of the moisture of oil.

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Cross References

Exodus 16:14and the lying of the dew goes up, and behold, on the face of the wilderness [is] a thin, bare thing, thin as hoarfrost on the earth.

Exodus 16:31and the house of Israel calls its name Manna, and it [is] as white coriander seed; and its taste [is] as a cake with honey.

Revelation 2:17He who is having an ear—let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies: To him who is overcoming, I will give to him to eat from the hidden manna, and will give to him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written, that no one knew except him who is receiving [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 →

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