Numbers 11:4-9
World English Bible
4 The mixed multitude that was among them lusted exceedingly; and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, “Who will give us meat to eat? 5 We remember the fish, which we ate in Egypt for nothing; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic; 6 but now we have lost our appetite. There is nothing at all except this manna to look at.” 7 The manna was like coriander seed, and it looked like bdellium.[a] 8 The people went around, gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in mortars, and boiled it in pots, and made cakes of it. Its taste was like the taste of fresh oil. 9 When the dew fell on the camp in the night, the manna fell on it.
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- 11:7 Bdellium is a resin extracted from certain African trees.
Numbers 11:4-9
Christian Standard Bible
Complaints about Food
4 The riffraff[a] among them(A) had a strong craving(B) for other food. The Israelites wept again and said, “Who will feed us meat? 5 We remember the free fish we ate in Egypt,(C) along with the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic. 6 But now our appetite is gone;[b] there’s nothing to look at but this manna!”
7 The manna(D) resembled coriander seed, and its appearance was like that of bdellium.[c] 8 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. 9 When the dew fell on the camp at night, the manna would fall with it.(E)
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