The people would roam about and gather it and grind it [a]between two millstones, or pound it in the mortar, and boil it in the pot and make loaves with it; and its taste was like the taste of [b]cake baked with oil. (A)When the dew came down on the camp at night, the manna would come down [c]with it.

The Complaint of Moses

10 Now Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, each one at the entrance of his tent; and the anger of the Lord became very hot, and [d]Moses was displeased.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 11:8 Lit with
  2. Numbers 11:8 Lit juice of oil
  3. Numbers 11:9 Lit on
  4. Numbers 11:10 Lit it was evil in Moses’ eyes

The people went around gathering it,(A) 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(B) settled on the camp at night, the manna also came down.

10 Moses heard the people of every family wailing(C) at the entrance to their tents. The Lord became exceedingly angry, and Moses was troubled.

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