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But now we are famished; we have nothing to look forward to but this manna.”(A)

(B)Manna was like coriander seed[a] and had the appearance of bdellium. When they had gone about and gathered it up, the people would grind it between millstones or pound it in a mortar, then cook it in a pot and make it into loaves, with a rich creamy taste.

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Footnotes

  1. 11:7 Coriander seed: see note on Ex 16:31. Bdellium: a transparent, amber-colored gum resin, which is also mentioned in Gn 2:12.

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.

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