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It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/exodus/16.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />The Israelites called the food manna. It was white like coriander seed, and it tasted like honey wafers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/exodus/16.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Now the house of Israel called its name manna. It was like coriander seed, white, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/exodus/16.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now the house of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/exodus/16.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it <i>was</i> like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it <i>was</i> like wafers <i>made</i> with honey.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/exodus/16.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And the house of Israel called its name Manna. And it <i>was</i> like white coriander seed, and the taste of it <i>was</i> like wafers <i>made</i> with honey.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/exodus/16.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And the house of Israel named <i>the bread</i> manna, and it was like coriander seed, white, and its taste was like wafers with honey.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/exodus/16.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />The house of Israel named it manna, and it was like coriander seed, white, and its taste was like wafers with honey.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/exodus/16.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And the house of Israel named it manna, and it was like coriander seed, white; and its taste was like wafers with honey.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/exodus/16.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And the house of Israel named it manna, and it was like coriander seed, white, and its taste was like wafers with honey.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/exodus/16.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The house of Israel called the bread manna; it was like coriander seed, white, and it tasted like flat pastry (wafers) made with honey.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/exodus/16.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The house of Israel named the substance manna. It resembled coriander seed, was white, and tasted like wafers made with honey.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/exodus/16.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The house of Israel named the substance manna. It resembled coriander seed, was white, and tasted like wafers made with honey. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/16.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/exodus/16.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The Israelites called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and delicious as wafers made with honey. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/16.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/exodus/16.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The Israelites called the food [manna]. It was like coriander seeds. It was white and tasted like wafers made with honey.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/exodus/16.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The people of Israel called the food manna. It was like a small white seed, and tasted like thin cakes made with honey. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/exodus/16.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The Israelis named it "manna". It was white like coriander seed, and tasted like a wafer made with honey. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/exodus/16.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now the house of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/exodus/16.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The house of Israel called its name "manna." It was like coriander seed and was white, and it tasted like wafers with honey. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/exodus/16.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The house of Israel called its name Manna, and it was like coriander seed, white; and its taste was like wafers with honey.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/16.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the house of Israel called its name Manna: and it was like coriander-seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/16.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The house of Israel called its name “Manna”, and it was like coriander seed, white; and its taste was like wafers with honey. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/exodus/16.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and the house of Israel calls its name Manna, and it [is] as white coriander seed; and its taste [is] as a cake with honey.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/16.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/exodus/16.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the house of Israel will call its name portion: as the seed of coriander, white, and its taste as a flat cake with honey.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/16.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed white, and the taste thereof like to flour with honey. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/exodus/16.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And the house of Israel called its name ‘Manna.’ It was like white coriander seed, and its taste was like wheat flour with honey.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/exodus/16.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The house of Israel named this food manna. It was like coriander seed, white, and it tasted like wafers made with honey.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/exodus/16.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The house of Israel called it manna; it was like coriander seed, white, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/exodus/16.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the children of Israel called the name thereof manna; and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like honeycomb.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/exodus/16.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the children of Israel called its name manna, and it was like the seed of white coriander, and its taste like honeycomb of honey.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/exodus/16.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/exodus/16.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the children of Israel called the name of it Man; and it was as white coriander seed, and the taste of it as a wafer with honey.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/exodus/16-31.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=4243" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/exodus/16.htm">The Sabbath Observed</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">30</span>So the people rested on the seventh day. <span class="reftext">31</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: ḇêṯ- (N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">Now the house</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7121.htm" title="7121: way·yiq·rə·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To call, proclaim, read. A primitive root; to call out to.">called the bread</a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: šə·mōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4478.htm" title="4478: mān (N-ms) -- Manna (a kind of bread). From mah; literally, a whatness, i.e. Manna.">manna.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: wə·hū (Conj-w:: Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">It</a> <a href="/hebrew/3836.htm" title="3836: lā·ḇān (Adj-ms) -- White. Or laben; from laban; white.">was white</a> <a href="/hebrew/1407.htm" title="1407: gaḏ (N-ms) -- Coriander. From gadad; coriander seed.">like coriander</a> <a href="/hebrew/2233.htm" title="2233: kə·ze·ra‘ (Prep-k:: N-msc) -- A sowing, seed, offspring. From zara'; seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity.">seed</a> <a href="/hebrew/2940.htm" title="2940: wə·ṭa‘·mōw (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- Taste, judgment. From ta'am; properly, a taste, i.e. perception; by implication, intelligence; transitively, a mandate.">and tasted</a> <a href="/hebrew/6838.htm" title="6838: kə·ṣap·pî·ḥiṯ (Prep-k:: N-fs) -- A flat cake, wafer. From the same as tsappachath; a flat thin cake.">like wafers</a> <a href="/hebrew/1706.htm" title="1706: biḏ·ḇāš (Prep-b:: N-ms) -- Honey. From an unused root meaning to be gummy; honey; by analogy, syrup.">made with honey.</a> </span><span class="reftext">32</span>Moses said, “This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Keep an omer of manna for the generations to come, so that they may see the bread I fed you in the wilderness when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’ ”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/11-7.htm">Numbers 11:7-9</a></span><br />Now the manna resembled coriander seed, and its appearance was like that of gum resin. / The people walked around and gathered it, ground it on a handmill or crushed it in a mortar, then boiled it in a cooking pot or shaped it into cakes. It tasted like pastry baked with fine oil. / When the dew fell on the camp at night, the manna would fall with it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-24.htm">Psalm 78:24-25</a></span><br />He rained down manna for them to eat; He gave them grain from heaven. / Man ate the bread of angels; He sent them food in abundance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/6-31.htm">John 6:31-35</a></span><br />Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” / Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. / For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-15.htm">Nehemiah 9:15</a></span><br />In their hunger You gave them bread from heaven; in their thirst You brought them water from the rock. You told them to go in and possess the land that You had sworn to give them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/105-40.htm">Psalm 105:40</a></span><br />They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/6-49.htm">John 6:49-51</a></span><br />Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died. / This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die. / I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is My flesh.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/8-3.htm">Deuteronomy 8:3</a></span><br />He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-3.htm">1 Corinthians 10:3</a></span><br />They all ate the same spiritual food<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/6-58.htm">John 6:58</a></span><br />This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your fathers, who ate the manna and died, the one who eats this bread will live forever.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/2-17.htm">Revelation 2:17</a></span><br />He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone inscribed with a new name, known only to the one who receives it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/4-4.htm">Matthew 4:4</a></span><br />But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/5-12.htm">Joshua 5:12</a></span><br />And the day after they had eaten from the produce of the land, the manna ceased. There was no more manna for the Israelites, so that year they began to eat the crops of the land of Canaan.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/6-48.htm">John 6:48</a></span><br />I am the bread of life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-4.htm">Hebrews 9:4</a></span><br />containing the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. Inside the ark were the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/6-32.htm">John 6:32</a></span><br />Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">called the name.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/16-15.htm">Exodus 16:15</a></b></br> And when the children of Israel saw <i>it</i>, they said one to another, It <i>is</i> manna: for they wist not what it <i>was</i>. And Moses said unto them, This <i>is</i> the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/11-6.htm">Numbers 11:6,7</a></b></br> But now our soul <i>is</i> dried away: <i>there is</i> nothing at all, beside this manna, <i>before</i> our eyes… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/songs/2-3.htm">Song of Solomon 2:3</a></b></br> As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so <i>is</i> my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit <i>was</i> sweet to my taste.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/16-29.htm">Bread</a> <a href="/genesis/40-16.htm">Cake</a> <a href="/exodus/13-7.htm">Cakes</a> <a href="/numbers/11-7.htm">Coriander</a> <a href="/numbers/11-7.htm">Coriander-Seed</a> <a href="/exodus/11-5.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/exodus/13-5.htm">Honey</a> <a href="/exodus/15-17.htm">House</a> <a href="/exodus/16-17.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/exodus/16-15.htm">Manna</a> <a href="/genesis/48-19.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/genesis/27-31.htm">Taste</a> <a href="/revelation/10-10.htm">Tasted</a> <a href="/exodus/12-48.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/23-29.htm">Wafers</a> <a href="/exodus/4-6.htm">White</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/16-32.htm">Bread</a> <a href="/exodus/29-23.htm">Cake</a> <a href="/exodus/29-2.htm">Cakes</a> <a href="/numbers/11-7.htm">Coriander</a> <a href="/numbers/11-7.htm">Coriander-Seed</a> <a href="/exodus/22-6.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/exodus/33-3.htm">Honey</a> <a href="/exodus/19-3.htm">House</a> <a href="/exodus/16-35.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/exodus/16-32.htm">Manna</a> <a href="/exodus/23-10.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/numbers/11-8.htm">Taste</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-24.htm">Tasted</a> <a href="/exodus/19-18.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/exodus/29-2.htm">Wafers</a> <a href="/exodus/24-10.htm">White</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 16</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/16-1.htm">The Israelites come to Sin, and murmur for want of bread</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/16-4.htm">God promises them bread and meat from heaven, and they are rebuked</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/16-13.htm">Quail and manna are sent</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/16-16.htm">The ordering of manna</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/16-25.htm">It was not to be found on the Sabbath</a></span><br><span class="reftext">32. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/16-32.htm">An omer of it is preserved</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/16.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/exodus/16.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Now the house of Israel called the bread manna.</b><br>The term "manna" is derived from the Hebrew phrase "man hu," meaning "What is it?" This reflects the Israelites' initial reaction to the mysterious substance provided by God. Manna is a miraculous provision from God, emphasizing His care and sustenance for His people during their wilderness journey. This event occurs after the Israelites' exodus from Egypt, highlighting their dependence on God for daily sustenance. Manna is also a type of Christ, as Jesus refers to Himself as the "bread of life" in <a href="/john/6-31.htm">John 6:31-35</a>, drawing a parallel between the physical sustenance provided by manna and the spiritual sustenance He offers.<p><b>It was white like coriander seed</b><br>The description of manna as "white like coriander seed" provides a visual image of its appearance. Coriander seeds are small, round, and pale, suggesting the purity and divine origin of manna. The whiteness can symbolize purity and holiness, attributes often associated with God and His provisions. This detail also serves to distinguish manna from other natural substances, reinforcing its miraculous nature.<p><b>and tasted like wafers made with honey.</b><br>The taste of manna is described as being like "wafers made with honey," indicating its pleasant and sweet flavor. Honey is often associated with abundance and blessing in the Bible, as seen in the description of the Promised Land as "a land flowing with milk and honey" (<a href="/exodus/3-8.htm">Exodus 3:8</a>). This sweetness can symbolize the goodness and generosity of God's provision. Additionally, the reference to honey connects manna to the future promise of the land of Canaan, serving as a foretaste of the blessings to come. The sweetness of manna can also be seen as a type of the sweetness of Christ's teachings and the satisfaction found in Him.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/h/house_of_israel.htm">House of Israel</a></b><br>Refers to the collective descendants of Jacob, also known as the Israelites, who were delivered from slavery in Egypt and were journeying through the wilderness.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/manna.htm">Manna</a></b><br>The miraculous food provided by God to the Israelites during their 40-year journey in the wilderness. It was a daily provision that sustained them physically and spiritually.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/w/wilderness.htm">Wilderness</a></b><br>The desert region where the Israelites wandered after their exodus from Egypt. It was a place of testing and reliance on God's provision.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/c/coriander_seed.htm">Coriander Seed</a></b><br>A plant whose seeds are small and round, used here to describe the appearance of manna.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/w/wafers_made_with_honey.htm">Wafers Made with Honey</a></b><br>Describes the taste of manna, indicating it was sweet and pleasant, symbolizing God's goodness and care.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision.htm">God's Provision</a></b><br>Manna symbolizes God's faithful provision for His people. Just as He provided for the Israelites' physical needs, He provides for our spiritual needs through Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/daily_dependence.htm">Daily Dependence</a></b><br>The Israelites had to gather manna daily, teaching us to rely on God each day for our needs and to seek His guidance continually.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_and_trust.htm">Obedience and Trust</a></b><br>The instructions regarding manna required obedience and trust in God's timing and methods. We are called to trust and obey God's Word, even when we don't understand His ways.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/contentment_and_gratitude.htm">Contentment and Gratitude</a></b><br>The sweet taste of manna reminds us to be content and grateful for God's blessings, recognizing His goodness in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_nourishment.htm">Spiritual Nourishment</a></b><br>Just as manna sustained the Israelites physically, God's Word and the presence of Christ sustain us spiritually. We must regularly "feed" on His Word.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_16.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 16</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/are_there_records_of_40_years'_wandering.htm">Numbers 14:33 states the Israelites would wander for forty years; what historical or archaeological records support such an extended nomadic period for a massive population?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_manna_fit_natural_laws.htm">How can the miraculous appearance of manna every day (Exodus 16:4–5) be reconciled with natural laws or scientific explanations? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_meaning_of_hidden_manna.htm">What is the meaning of Hidden Manna?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_isn't_manna_mentioned_outside_exodus.htm">Why is there no explicit mention of manna outside the biblical text, considering its supposed forty-year prevalence (Exodus 16)? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/16.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(31) <span class= "bld">Manna</span>.--Rather, <span class= "ital">man. </span>(See Note on <a href="/exodus/16-15.htm" title="And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they knew not what it was. And Moses said to them, This is the bread which the LORD has given you to eat.">Exodus 16:15</a>.) "Manna" is a Greek form, first used by the LXX. translator of Numbers (<a href="/context/exodus/11-6.htm" title="And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more.">Exodus 11:6-7</a>; <a href="/exodus/11-9.htm" title="And the LORD said to Moses, Pharaoh shall not listen to you; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.">Exodus 11:9</a>).<p><span class= "bld">It was like coriander seed.</span>--The appearance of the manna is compared above to hoar frost (<a href="/exodus/16-14.htm" title="And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, on the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.">Exodus 16:14</a>); here, and in <a href="/numbers/11-7.htm" title="And the manna was as coriander seed, and the color thereof as the color of bdellium.">Numbers 11:7</a>, to coriander seed. The former account describes its look as it lay on the ground, the latter its appearance after it was collected and brought in. The coriander seed is "a small round grain, of a whitish or yellowish grey." In Numbers it is further said that the colour was that of <span class= "ital">bdellium, </span>which is a whitish resin. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/16.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 31-36.</span> - THE APPEARANCE OF THE MANNA, ITS CONTINUANCE, AND ITS DEPOSITION IN THE TABERNACLE. - In bringing the subject of the manna to a conclusion, the writer adds a few words. <p><span class="Text_Heading">1.</span> On its appearance; <p><span class="Text_Heading">2.</span> On its deposition by divine command in the Ark of the Covenant; and <p><span class="Text_Heading">3.</span> On its continuance during the forty years of the wanderings. . . . <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/exodus/16-31.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Now the house</span><br /><span class="heb">בֵֽית־</span> <span class="translit">(ḇêṯ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Israel</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">called</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּקְרְא֧וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiq·rə·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7121.htm">Strong's 7121: </a> </span><span class="str2">To call, proclaim, read</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the bread manna.</span><br /><span class="heb">מָ֑ן</span> <span class="translit">(mān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4478.htm">Strong's 4478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Manna (a kind of bread)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">It</span><br /><span class="heb">וְה֗וּא</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was white</span><br /><span class="heb">לָבָ֔ן</span> <span class="translit">(lā·ḇān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3836.htm">Strong's 3836: </a> </span><span class="str2">White</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like coriander</span><br /><span class="heb">גַּד֙</span> <span class="translit">(gaḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1407.htm">Strong's 1407: </a> </span><span class="str2">Coriander seed</span><br /><br /><span class="word">seed</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּזֶ֤רַע</span> <span class="translit">(kə·ze·ra‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2233.htm">Strong's 2233: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and tasted</span><br /><span class="heb">וְטַעְמ֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ṭa‘·mōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2940.htm">Strong's 2940: </a> </span><span class="str2">A taste, perception, intelligence, a mandate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like wafers</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּצַפִּיחִ֥ת</span> <span class="translit">(kə·ṣap·pî·ḥiṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6838.htm">Strong's 6838: </a> </span><span class="str2">A flat cake, wafer</span><br /><br /><span class="word">made with honey.</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּדְבָֽשׁ׃</span> <span class="translit">(biḏ·ḇāš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1706.htm">Strong's 1706: </a> </span><span class="str2">Honey, syrup</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/16-31.htm">Exodus 16:31 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/exodus/16-31.htm">Exodus 16:31 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/exodus/16-31.htm">Exodus 16:31 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/exodus/16-31.htm">Exodus 16:31 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/exodus/16-31.htm">Exodus 16:31 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/16-31.htm">Exodus 16:31 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/16-31.htm">Exodus 16:31 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/16-31.htm">Exodus 16:31 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/16-31.htm">Exodus 16:31 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/exodus/16-31.htm">Exodus 16:31 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/exodus/16-31.htm">OT Law: Exodus 16:31 The house of Israel called its name (Exo. 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