And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.

And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.

And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.

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The manna was like coriander seed(A) and looked like resin.(B) The people went around gathering it,(C) 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(D) settled on the camp at night, the manna also came down.

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Now (A)the manna was like coriander seed, and its appearance like that of bdellium. (B)The people went about and gathered it and ground it in handmills or beat it in mortars and boiled it in pots and made cakes of it. (C)And the taste of it was like the taste of cakes baked with oil. (D)When the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell with it.

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The manna(A) resembled coriander seed, and its appearance was like that of bdellium.[a] The people walked around and gathered it. They ground it on a pair of grinding stones or crushed it in a mortar, then boiled it in a cooking pot and shaped it into cakes. It tasted like a pastry cooked with the finest oil. When the dew fell on the camp at night, the manna would fall with it.(B)

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  1. 11:7 A yellowish, transparent gum resin

(A)Now the manna was like coriander seed, and its appearance like that of (B)bdellium. The people would go about and gather it and grind it [a]between two millstones or beat it in the mortar, and boil it in the pot and make cakes with it; and its taste was as the taste of [b]cakes baked with oil. (C)When the dew fell on the camp at night, the manna would fall [c]with it.

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  1. Numbers 11:8 Lit with
  2. Numbers 11:8 Lit juice of oil
  3. Numbers 11:9 Lit on