Numbers 11:8

Holman Christian Standard Bible

The people walked around and gathered it. They ground it on a pair of grinding stones or crushed it in a mortar, then boiled it in a cooking pot and shaped it into cakes. It tasted like a pastry cooked with the finest oil.

Cross References

Genesis 25:29

Once when Jacob was cooking a stew, Esau came in from the field exhausted.

Exodus 16:23

He told them, “This is what the Lord has said: ‘Tomorrow is a day of complete rest, a holy Sabbath to the Lord. Bake what you want to bake, and boil what you want to boil, and set aside everything left over to be kept until morning.’ ”

Exodus 16:31

The house of Israel named the substance manna. It resembled coriander seed, was white, and tasted like wafers made with honey.

Numbers 11:7

The manna resembled coriander seed, and its appearance was like that of bdellium.

Numbers 11:9

When the dew fell on the camp at night, the manna would fall with it.

John 6:27

Don’t work for the food that perishes but for the food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set His seal of approval on Him.”

John 6:31

Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, just as it is written: He gave them bread from heaven to eat.”