Exodus 16:31

And the children of Israel called the name of it Manna; and it was as white coriander seed, and the taste of it as a wafer with honey.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.

In Context

30And the people kept Sabbath on the seventh day.

32And Moses said, This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded, Fill an omer with manna, to be laid up for your generations; that they may see the bread which ye ate in the wilderness, when the Lord led you forth out of the land of Egypt.

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Cross References

Numbers 11:6But now our soul is dried up; our eyes turn to nothing but to the manna.

Song of Solomon 2:3As the apple among the trees of the wood, 1 So is my kinsman among the sons. 1 I desired his shadow, and sat down, 1 And his fruit was sweet in my throat. 1

Matthew Henry on Exodus 16:23-32

22 And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses. 23 And he said unto them, This is that which the Lord hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the Lord : bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning. 24 And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither… Read the whole commentary →

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