Numbers 11:7
Soothly manna was as the seed of coriander, of the colour of bdellium, which is white, and (as) bright as crystal.
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 16:14And when it had covered the earth, a little thing, and as pounded with a pestle, in the likeness of an hoarfrost on the earth, appeared in the wilderness. (And when it had covered all the ground, there appeared in the wilderness a little thing, as if it was pounded with a pestle, and like hoarfrost on the ground.)
Exodus 16:31And the house of Israel called the name thereof man (na), which was white, as the seed of coriander, and the taste thereof was as of flour (mixed) with honey.
Revelation 2:17He that hath ears, hear he, what the Spirit saith to the churches. To him that overcometh I shall give angel meat hid [or manna]; and I shall give to him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth, but he that taketh [it], (or and I shall give him a white stone, and a new name written on the stone, which no man knoweth, but he who receiveth 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 →