Numbers 11:8

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

and tasted like something baked with sweet olive oil. It appeared at night with the dew. In the morning the people would collect the manna, grind or crush it into flour, then boil it and make it into thin wafers.

Cross References

Genesis 25:29

One day, Jacob was cooking some stew, when Esau came home hungry

Exodus 16:23

he told them that the LORD had said, “Tomorrow is the Sabbath, a sacred day of rest in honour of me. So gather all you want to bake or boil, and make sure you save enough for tomorrow.”

Exodus 16:31

The Israelites called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and delicious as wafers made with honey.

Numbers 11:7

The manna was like small whitish seeds

John 6:27

Don't work for food that spoils. Work for food that gives eternal life. The Son of Man will give you this food, because God the Father has given him the right to do so.”

John 6:31

For example, when our ancestors were in the desert, they were given manna to eat. It happened just as the Scriptures say, ‘God gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ”