Numbers 11:8
in Numbers 11The 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.
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ASV
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.
KJV
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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This verse in Numbers 11
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
And the manna was as coriander seed
on Numbers 11:7-9
The narrative stops for three verses to describe the manna, and the description answers the complaint of verse 6 without one word of argument. It is like coriander seed and like bdellium, ground in mills or beaten in a mortar, baked in pans, and tasting of fresh oil, where Exodus 16:31 had given the taste as wafers made with honey. Gill takes the likeness to coriander seed as size and figure rather than colour, since coriander is dark and the manna white. Verse 9 adds that it fell with the dew in the night, so it was on the ground before anybody in the camp was awake.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And the people went about and gathered it,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
It may be noticed that the resemblance of the manna to coriander seed was not in the color, but in the size and figure; and from its comparison to bdellium, which is either a drop of white gum or a white pearl, we are enabled to form a better idea of it.
The words behind it
18 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שָׁטוּ֩ | shatu | they went about | H7751 → | |
| הָעָ֨ם | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| וְלָֽקְט֜וּ | velaketu | and they gathered | H3950 → | |
| וְטָחֲנ֣וּ | vetachanu | and they ground | H2912 → | |
| בָרֵחַ֗יִם | varechayim | in <the> hand-mill | H7347 → | |
| א֤וֹ | ʾo | or | H176 → | 321 times |
| דָכוּ֙ | dakhu | they pounded | H1743 → | |
| בַּמְּדֹכָ֔ה | bamedokhah | in <the> mortar | H4085 → | |
| וּבִשְּׁלוּ֙ | uvishelu | and they boiled | H1310 → | |
| בַּפָּר֔וּר | baparur | in <the> pot | H6517 → | |
| וְעָשׂ֥וּ | veasu | and they made | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אֹת֖וֹ | ʾoto | <obj.> it | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עֻג֑וֹת | ugot | bread cakes | H5692 → | |
| וְהָיָ֣ה | vehayah | and it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| טַעְמ֔וֹ | ta'mo | taste its | H2940 → | |
| כְּטַ֖עַם | ketaam | like [the] taste of | H2940 → | |
| לְשַׁ֥ד | leshad | <the> cake of | H3955 → | |
| הַשָּֽׁמֶן׃ | hashamen | <the> oil | H8081 → | 193 times |
שָׁטוּ֩they went about
shatuH7751 →
הָעָ֨םthe people
haamH5971 →1873 times
וְלָֽקְט֜וּand they gathered
velaketuH3950 →
וְטָחֲנ֣וּand they ground
vetachanuH2912 →
בָרֵחַ֗יִםin <the> hand-mill
varechayimH7347 →
א֤וֹor
ʾoH176 →321 times
דָכוּ֙they pounded
dakhuH1743 →
בַּמְּדֹכָ֔הin <the> mortar
bamedokhahH4085 →
וּבִשְּׁלוּ֙and they boiled
uvisheluH1310 →
בַּפָּר֔וּרin <the> pot
baparurH6517 →
וְעָשׂ֥וּand they made
veasuH6213 →2628 times
אֹת֖וֹ<obj.> it
ʾotoH853 →10935 times
עֻג֑וֹתbread cakes
ugotH5692 →
וְהָיָ֣הand it was
vehayahH1961 →3559 times
טַעְמ֔וֹtaste its
ta'moH2940 →
כְּטַ֖עַםlike [the] taste of
ketaamH2940 →
לְשַׁ֥ד<the> cake of
leshadH3955 →
הַשָּֽׁמֶן׃<the> oil
hashamenH8081 →193 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
John 6:27Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of…
it leads to
- Colossians 3:2
Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
- Isaiah 55:2
Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the…
- John 6:54
Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
- 2 Timothy 2:19
Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.”
- John 6:40
For it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”
- Colossians 3:2
Through
Exodus 16:23He told them, “This is what the LORD has said: ‘Tomorrow is to be a day of complete rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD. So bake what you want to bake, and boil…
it leads to
- Leviticus 23:3
For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a day of sacred assembly. You must not do any work; wherever you live, it is a…
- Exodus 31:15
For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day must surely be put to…
- Exodus 20:8–11
Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.
- Leviticus 23:3
Where this verse is studied
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About Numbers
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.