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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? 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; but now we have lost our appetite. There is nothing at all except this manna to look at.” The manna was like coriander seed, and it looked like bdellium.[a] 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. When the dew fell on the camp in the night, the manna fell on it.

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  1. 11:7 Bdellium is a resin extracted from certain African trees.

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? (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; but now (D)our [c]appetite is gone. There is nothing at all [d]to look at except this manna!”

(E)Now the manna was like coriander seed, and its appearance like that of [e](F)bdellium. 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. (G)When the dew came down on the camp at night, the manna would come down [h]with it.

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  1. Numbers 11:4 Lit desired a desire
  2. Numbers 11:4 Lit flesh, and so throughout the ch
  3. Numbers 11:6 Lit soul has dried up
  4. Numbers 11:6 Lit for our eyes
  5. Numbers 11:7 I.e., a tree gum
  6. Numbers 11:8 Lit with
  7. Numbers 11:8 Lit juice of oil
  8. Numbers 11:9 Lit on