KJV King James Version
[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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Numbers 11:8
[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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The people walked around and gathered it, ground it on a handmill or crushed it in a mortar, then boiled it in a cooking pot or shaped it into cakes. It tasted like pastry baked with fine oil.
WEB World English Bible
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.
ASV American Standard Version
The people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in mortars, and boiled it in pots, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
the people have turned aside and gathered it, and ground it with millstones, or beat it in a mortar, and boiled it in a pan, and made it cakes, and its taste hath been as the taste of the moisture of oil.
Surrounding context — Numbers 11
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.
11 And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
שָׁטוּ֩H7751 · shutto roveהָעָ֨םH5971 · ampeopleוְלָֽקְט֜וּH3950 · la.qatto gatherוְטָחֲנ֣וּH2912 · ta.chanto grindבָרֵחַ֗יִםH7347 · re.chehmillstoneא֤וֹH176 · oorדָכוּ֙H1743 · dukhto beatבַּמְּדֹכָ֔הH4085 · me.do.khahmortarוּבִשְּׁלוּ֙H1310 · ba.shalto boilבַּפָּר֔וּרH6517 · pa.rurpotוְעָשׂ֥וּH6213 · a.sahto make: doאֹת֖וֹH853 · et[Obj.]עֻג֑וֹתH5692 · ug.gahbunוְהָיָ֣הH1961 · ha.yahto beטַעְמ֔וֹH2940 · ta.amtasteכְּטַ֖עַםH2940 · ta.amtasteלְשַׁ֥דH3955 · le.shadjuicy bitהַשָּֽׁמֶן׃H8081 · she.menoil
Cross-references
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.Exodus 16:16-18This [is] the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, [according to] the number of your persons; take ye every man for [them] which [are] in his tents.Exodus 16:23And he said unto them, This [is that] which the LORD hath said, To morrow [is] the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake [that] which ye will bake [to day], and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.John 6:27Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.John 6:33-58For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
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