Exodus 16:31
The house of Israel named it manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey.
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King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
And 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.
KJV1611 – Modern English
And the house of Israel called its name Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and its taste was like wafers made with honey.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
And 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.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
And the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478} called{H7121} the name{H8034} thereof Manna:{H4478} and it was like coriander{H1407} seed,{H2233} white;{H3836} and the taste{H2940} of it was like wafers{H6838} [made] with honey.{H1706}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
And the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478} called{H7121}{(H8799)} the name{H8034} thereof Manna{H4478}: and it was like coriander{H1407} seed{H2233}, white{H3836}; and the taste{H2940} of it was like wafers{H6838} made with honey{H1706}.
Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)
And the housse of Israel called it Man, And it was lyke vnto Coriander seed and white, and the taste of it was lyke vnto wafers made with honye.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the house of Israel called it Man, and it was like Coriander sede, and whyte, & had a taist like symnels with hony.
Geneva Bible (1560)
And the house of Israel called the name of it, MAN; it was like to coriander seede, but white: and the taste of it was like vnto wafers made with hony.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
And the house of Israel called the name therof Manna: and it was like coriander seede, but yet whyte, and the taste of it was lyke wafers made with honye.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
And 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.
Webster's Bible (1833)
The house of Israel called the name of it Manna,{"Mana" means "What is it?"} and it was like coriander seed, white; and its taste was like wafers with honey.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
and the house of Israel call its name Manna, and it `is' as coriander seed, white; and its taste `is' as a cake with honey.
American Standard Version (1901)
And 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.
American Standard Version (1901)
And 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.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
And this bread was named manna by Israel: it was white, like a grain seed, and its taste was like cakes made with honey.
World English Bible (2000)
The house of Israel called its name Manna, and it was like coriander seed, white; and its taste was like wafers with honey.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
The house of Israel called its name“manna.” It was like coriander seed and was white, and it tasted like wafers with honey.
Referenced Verses
- Exod 16:15 : 15 When the Israelites saw it, they said to one another, "What is it?" because they did not know what it was. Moses said to them, "It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat.
- Num 11:6-9 : 6 But now our appetite is gone; there’s nothing to see but this manna! 7 The manna was like coriander seed, and its appearance was like that of bdellium. 8 The people went around gathering it, ground it in handmills or crushed it in mortars, cooked it in pots, and made it into cakes. It tasted like a cake baked with the richness of oil. 9 When the dew came down on the camp at night, the manna would fall with it.
- Song 2:3 : 3 Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
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- Num 11:6-94 verses83%
6 But now our appetite is gone; there’s nothing to see but this manna!
7 The manna was like coriander seed, and its appearance was like that of bdellium.
8 The people went around gathering it, ground it in handmills or crushed it in mortars, cooked it in pots, and made it into cakes. It tasted like a cake baked with the richness of oil.
9 When the dew came down on the camp at night, the manna would fall with it.
- Exod 16:12-165 verses83%
12 "I have heard the complaints of the Israelites. Tell them, 'At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God.'"
13 That evening, quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning, there was a layer of dew around the camp.
14 When the dew evaporated, there was a fine, flaky substance on the surface of the wilderness, as fine as frost on the ground.
15 When the Israelites saw it, they said to one another, "What is it?" because they did not know what it was. Moses said to them, "It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat.
16 This is what the LORD has commanded: 'Each person is to gather as much as they need to eat. Take an omer for each person according to the number of people in your tent.'
- Exod 16:32-365 verses80%
32 Moses said, "This is what the LORD has commanded: 'Let an omer of it be kept for future generations so that they can see the bread I gave you to eat in the wilderness when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.'"
33 Moses then said to Aaron, "Take a jar and put an omer of manna in it. Place it before the LORD to be preserved for future generations."
34 As the LORD commanded Moses, Aaron placed it before the Testimony to be preserved.
35 The Israelites ate manna for forty years, until they came to a land that was settled; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan.
36 Now an omer is one-tenth of an ephah.
- John 6:31-333 verses75%
31 'Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: "He gave them bread from heaven to eat."'
32 Jesus said to them, 'Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.'
33 'For the bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.'
- Josh 5:11-122 verses74%
11 The day after the Passover, they ate some of the produce of the land: unleavened bread and roasted grain on that very day.
12 The manna ceased the day after they ate from the produce of the land. There was no more manna for the Israelites, and that year they ate from the yield of the land of Canaan.
- Ps 78:24-252 verses74%
24 He rained down manna for them to eat and gave them the grain of heaven.
25 Man ate the bread of angels; He sent them food to their fill.
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30 So the people rested on the seventh day.
- Exod 16:21-255 verses73%
21 Each morning, everyone gathered as much as they needed, and when the sun grew hot, it melted away.
22 On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much bread—two omers for each person—and all the leaders of the community came and reported this to Moses.
23 He said to them, "This is what the LORD has said: 'Tomorrow is to be a day of complete rest, a holy sabbath to the LORD. Bake what you want to bake and boil what you want to boil today, and save whatever is left over to keep until morning.'"
24 So they saved it until morning as Moses commanded, and it did not stink or have maggots in it.
25 Moses said, "Eat it today, because today is a sabbath to the LORD. You will not find any of it in the field today.
- Exod 16:3-53 verses73%
3 The Israelites said to them, "If only we had died by the LORD's hand in the land of Egypt, where we sat by pots of meat and ate bread until we were full! But you brought us into this wilderness to kill this entire assembly with hunger."
4 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Behold, I am going to rain down bread from heaven for you. The people are to go out each day and gather enough for that day. In this way, I will test them to see whether they will follow my instructions or not.
5 On the sixth day, they are to prepare what they bring in, and it will be twice as much as they gather on other days.
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2 Also, take unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil. They shall be made of fine wheat flour.
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5 The people spoke against God and Moses: 'Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread, no water, and we detest this miserable food!'
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23 Along with one loaf of bread, one cake made with oil, and one wafer from the basket of unleavened bread set before the Lord.
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29 They also brought honey, butter, sheep, and cheese from cattle for David and the people with him to eat. They said, 'The people are hungry, exhausted, and thirsty in the wilderness.'
- Exod 16:18-192 verses68%
18 When they measured it with an omer, those who gathered much did not have too much, and those who gathered little did not have too little. Each person gathered just as much as they needed to eat.
19 Then Moses said to them, "No one is to keep any of it until morning."
- John 6:49-502 verses68%
49 Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.
50 But this is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die.
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40 They asked, and he brought quail; he satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
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12 This bread of ours was warm when we took it as provisions from our houses on the day we set out to come to you, but now it is dry and crumbled.
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58 This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your ancestors who ate and died, the one who eats this bread will live forever.
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3 He humbled you and allowed you to hunger, then fed you with manna, which neither you nor your fathers knew, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.
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16 He fed you manna in the wilderness, which your fathers had never known, to humble and test you so that He might do good for you in the end.
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19 Also, the food I provided for you–the fine flour, oil, and honey that I fed you–you set before them as a pleasing aroma. And so it was, declares the Lord GOD.
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25 The entire army entered the forest, and there was honey on the ground.
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3 Do not eat leavened bread with it. For seven days, eat unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left Egypt in haste. This is so that you may remember the day you came out of Egypt all the days of your life.
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8 And Moses added, "The LORD will give you meat to eat in the evening and all the bread you want in the morning, because He has heard your complaints against Him. But who are we? Your complaints are not against us but against the LORD."