Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The people of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey. New Living Translation The Israelites called the food manna. It was white like coriander seed, and it tasted like honey wafers. English Standard Version 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. Berean Standard Bible Now the house of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey. King James Bible 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. New King James Version And the house of Israel called its name Manna. And it was like white coriander seed, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey. New American Standard Bible And the house of Israel named the bread manna, and it was like coriander seed, white, and its taste was like wafers with honey. NASB 1995 The house of Israel named it manna, and it was like coriander seed, white, and its taste was like wafers with honey. NASB 1977 And the house of Israel named it manna, and it was like coriander seed, white; and its taste was like wafers with honey. Legacy Standard Bible And the house of Israel named it manna, and it was like coriander seed, white, and its taste was like wafers with honey. Amplified Bible The house of Israel called the bread manna; it was like coriander seed, white, and it tasted like flat pastry (wafers) made with honey. Christian Standard Bible The house of Israel named the substance manna. It resembled coriander seed, was white, and tasted like wafers made with honey. Holman Christian Standard Bible The house of Israel named the substance manna. It resembled coriander seed, was white, and tasted like wafers made with honey. American Standard Version 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. Contemporary English Version The Israelites called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and delicious as wafers made with honey. English Revised Version 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation The Israelites called the food [manna]. It was like coriander seeds. It was white and tasted like wafers made with honey. Good News Translation The people of Israel called the food manna. It was like a small white seed, and tasted like thin cakes made with honey. International Standard Version The Israelis named it "manna". It was white like coriander seed, and tasted like a wafer made with honey. Majority Standard Bible Now the house of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey. NET Bible The house of Israel called its name "manna." It was like coriander seed and was white, and it tasted like wafers with honey. New Heart English Bible The house of Israel called its name Manna, and it was like coriander seed, white; and its taste was like wafers with honey. Webster's Bible Translation 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. World English Bible The house of Israel called its name “Manna”, and it was like coriander seed, white; and its taste was like wafers with honey. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand the house of Israel calls its name Manna, and it [is] as white coriander seed; and its taste [is] as a cake with honey. Young's Literal Translation 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. Smith's Literal Translation 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. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd 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. Catholic Public Domain Version And the house of Israel called its name ‘Manna.’ It was like white coriander seed, and its taste was like wheat flour with honey. New American Bible The house of Israel named this food manna. It was like coriander seed, white, and it tasted like wafers made with honey. New Revised Standard Version The house of Israel called it manna; it was like coriander seed, white, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd the children of Israel called the name thereof manna; and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like honeycomb. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated 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. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And 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. Brenton Septuagint Translation 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. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Sabbath Observed…30So the people rested on the seventh day. 31Now the house of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey. 32Moses 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.’ ”… Cross References Numbers 11:7-9 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. Psalm 78:24-25 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. John 6:31-35 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.” ... Nehemiah 9:15 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. Psalm 105:40 They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. John 6:49-51 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.” Deuteronomy 8:3 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. 1 Corinthians 10:3 They all ate the same spiritual food John 6:58 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.” Revelation 2:17 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. Matthew 4:4 But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” Joshua 5:12 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. John 6:48 I am the bread of life. Hebrews 9:4 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. John 6:32 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. Treasury of Scripture 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. called the name. Exodus 16:15 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat. Numbers 11:6,7 But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes… Song of Solomon 2:3 As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. Jump to Previous Bread Cake Cakes Coriander Coriander-Seed Grain Honey House Israel Manna Seed Taste Tasted Thereof Wafers WhiteJump to Next Bread Cake Cakes Coriander Coriander-Seed Grain Honey House Israel Manna Seed Taste Tasted Thereof Wafers WhiteExodus 16 1. The Israelites come to Sin, and murmur for want of bread4. God promises them bread and meat from heaven, and they are rebuked 13. Quail and manna are sent 16. The ordering of manna 25. It was not to be found on the Sabbath 32. An omer of it is preserved Now the house of Israel This phrase refers to the collective community of the Israelites, God's chosen people, who were delivered from slavery in Egypt. The term "house of Israel" emphasizes their unity and shared identity as descendants of Jacob, also known as Israel. Historically, this period marks a formative time for the Israelites as they journey through the wilderness, learning to trust in God's provision and guidance. called the bread manna It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey It was like coriander seed.--The appearance of the manna is compared above to hoar frost (Exodus 16:14); here, and in Numbers 11:7, 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 bdellium, which is a whitish resin. . . . Verses 31-36. - 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.1. On its appearance; 2. On its deposition by divine command in the Ark of the Covenant; and 3. On its continuance during the forty years of the wanderings. . . . Hebrew Now the houseבֵֽית־ (ḇêṯ-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1004: A house of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc called וַיִּקְרְא֧וּ (way·yiq·rə·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read the bread manna. מָ֑ן (mān) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4478: Manna (a kind of bread) It וְה֗וּא (wə·hū) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are was white לָבָ֔ן (lā·ḇān) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 3836: White like coriander גַּד֙ (gaḏ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1407: Coriander seed seed כְּזֶ֤רַע (kə·ze·ra‘) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 2233: Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity and tasted וְטַעְמ֖וֹ (wə·ṭa‘·mōw) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 2940: A taste, perception, intelligence, a mandate like wafers כְּצַפִּיחִ֥ת (kə·ṣap·pî·ḥiṯ) Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 6838: A flat cake, wafer made with honey. בִּדְבָֽשׁ׃ (biḏ·ḇāš) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1706: Honey, syrup Links Exodus 16:31 NIVExodus 16:31 NLT Exodus 16:31 ESV Exodus 16:31 NASB Exodus 16:31 KJV Exodus 16:31 BibleApps.com Exodus 16:31 Biblia Paralela Exodus 16:31 Chinese Bible Exodus 16:31 French Bible Exodus 16:31 Catholic Bible OT Law: Exodus 16:31 The house of Israel called its name (Exo. 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