Numbers 11:8

New Living Translation

The people would go out and gather it from the ground. They made flour by grinding it with hand mills or pounding it in mortars. Then they boiled it in a pot and made it into flat cakes. These cakes tasted like pastries baked with olive oil.

Cross References

Genesis 25:29

One day when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau arrived home from the wilderness exhausted and hungry.

Exodus 16:23

He told them, “This is what the Lord commanded: Tomorrow will be a day of complete rest, a holy Sabbath day set apart for the Lord. So bake or boil as much as you want today, and set aside what is left for tomorrow.”

Exodus 16:31

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

Numbers 11:7

The manna looked like small coriander seeds, and it was pale yellow like gum resin.

Numbers 11:9

The manna came down on the camp with the dew during the night.

John 6:27

But don’t be so concerned about perishable things like food. Spend your energy seeking the eternal life that the Son of Man can give you. For God the Father has given me the seal of his approval.”

John 6:31

After all, our ancestors ate manna while they journeyed through the wilderness! The Scriptures say, ‘Moses gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”