Numbers 11:4-9
New American Standard Bible
4 Now the (A)rabble who were among them [a]had greedy cravings; and the sons of Israel also wept again and said, “(B)Who will give us [b]meat to eat? 5 (C)We remember the fish which we used to eat for free in Egypt, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic; 6 but now (D)our [c]appetite is gone. There is nothing at all [d]to look at except this manna!”
7 (E)Now the manna was like coriander seed, and its appearance like that of [e](F)bdellium. 8 The people would roam about and gather it and grind it [f]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 [g]cake baked with oil. 9 (G)When the dew came down on the camp at night, the manna would come down [h]with it.
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- Numbers 11:4 Lit desired a desire
- Numbers 11:4 Lit flesh, and so throughout the ch
- Numbers 11:6 Lit soul has dried up
- Numbers 11:6 Lit for our eyes
- Numbers 11:7 I.e., a tree gum
- Numbers 11:8 Lit with
- Numbers 11:8 Lit juice of oil
- Numbers 11:9 Lit on
Numbers 11:4-9
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
4 The camp followers with them had a strong craving, and the Israelites also wept again and said, “If only we had meat to eat!(A) 5 We remember the fish we used to eat in Egypt for nothing, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic,(B) 6 but now our strength is dried up, and there is nothing at all but this manna to look at.”(C)
7 Now the manna was like coriander seed, and its color was like the color of gum resin.(D) 8 The people went around and gathered it, ground it in mills or beat it in mortars, then boiled it in pots and made cakes of it, and the taste of it was like the taste of cakes baked with oil. 9 When the dew fell on the camp in the night, the manna would fall with it.(E)
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