⁷ The manna looked like small coriander seeds, and it was pale yellow like gum resin.

³¹ The Israelites called the food manna.^[a] It was white like coriander seed, and it tasted like honey wafers.

¹² The gold of that land is exceptionally pure; aromatic resin and onyx stone are also found there.

¹⁴ When the dew evaporated, a flaky substance as fine as frost blanketed the ground. ¹⁵ The Israelites were puzzled when they saw it. “What is it?” they asked each other. They had no idea what it was.

And Moses told them, “It is the food the Lord has given you to eat.

²³ So when we preach that Christ was crucified, the Jews are offended and the Gentiles say it’s all nonsense.

²⁴ But to those called by God to salvation, both Jews and Gentiles,^[a] Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God.