KJV King James Version
And the manna [was] as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.
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Numbers 11:7
And the manna [was] as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Now the manna resembled coriander seed, and its appearance was like that of gum resin.
WEB World English Bible
The manna was like coriander seed, and its appearance like the appearance of bdellium.
ASV American Standard Version
And the manna was like coriander seed, and the appearance thereof as the appearance of bdellium.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the manna is as coriander seed, and its aspect as the aspect of bdolach;
Surrounding context — Numbers 11
4 And the mixt multitude that [was] among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?
5 We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:
6 But now our soul [is] dried away: [there is] nothing at all, beside this manna, [before] our eyes.
7 And the manna [was] as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.
8 [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.
9 And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.
10 Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased.
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Exodus 16:31And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it [was] like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it [was] like wafers [made] with honey.Genesis 2:12And the gold of that land [is] good: there [is] bdellium and the onyx stone.Exodus 16:14-15And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness [there lay] a small round thing, [as] small as the hoar frost on the ground.1 Corinthians 1:23-24But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;Revelation 2:17He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth [it].
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