Numbers 11:8

Free Bible Version

The people would go out and collect it, grind it up in a mill or crush it in a mortar. Then they would boil it in a pot and make it into flatbread. It tasted like pastries made with the best olive oil.

Cross References

Genesis 25:29

One day Jacob was cooking some stew when Esau got back from the countryside, tired out and starving hungry.

Exodus 16:23

Moses replied, “These are the Lord's instructions: ‘Tomorrow is a special day of rest, a holy Sabbath to honor the Lord. So bake what you want, and boil what you want. Then put to one side what's left and keep it until morning.’”

Exodus 16:31

The Israelites called the food manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers with honey.

Numbers 11:7

Manna looked like coriander seeds, light in color like gum resin.

Numbers 11:9

When the dew came down on the camp at night the manna would come down with it.

John 6:27

Don't be preoccupied about food that doesn't last, but concentrate on the lasting food of eternal life which the Son of man will give you, for God the Father has placed his seal of approval on him.”

John 6:31

“Our forefathers ate manna in the desert in fulfillment of the Scripture that says, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”