31 And the house of Israel called its name [a]Manna. And (A)it was like white coriander seed, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.

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  1. Exodus 16:31 Lit. What? Ex. 16:15

31 The people of Israel called the bread manna.[a](A) It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey.

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  1. Exodus 16:31 Manna sounds like the Hebrew for What is it? (see verse 15).

but now (A)our whole being is dried up; there is nothing at all except this manna before our eyes!”

Now (B)the manna was like coriander seed, and its color like the color of bdellium. The people went about and gathered it, ground it on millstones or beat it in the mortar, cooked it in pans, and made cakes of it; and (C)its taste was like the taste of pastry prepared with oil. And (D)when the dew fell on the camp in the night, the manna fell on it.

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But now we have lost our appetite; we never see anything but this manna!(A)

The manna was like coriander seed(B) and looked like resin.(C) The people went around gathering it,(D) and then ground it in a hand mill or crushed it in a mortar. They cooked it in a pot or made it into loaves. And it tasted like something made with olive oil. When the dew(E) settled on the camp at night, the manna also came down.

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15 So when the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was.

And Moses said to them, (A)“This is the bread which the Lord has given you to eat.

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15 When the Israelites saw it, they said to each other, “What is it?” For they did not know(A) what it was.

Moses said to them, “It is the bread(B) the Lord has given you to eat.

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