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6 But now we[a] are dried up,[b] and there is nothing at all before us[c] except this manna!” 7 (Now the manna was like coriander seed, and its color like the color of bdellium. 8 And the people went about and gathered it, and ground it with mills or pounded it in mortars; they baked it in pans and made cakes of it. It tasted like fresh olive oil.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 11:6 tn Heb “our souls.”
  2. Numbers 11:6 sn The Hebrews were complaining both about the bland taste of the manna and dehydration—they were parched in the wilderness.
  3. Numbers 11:6 tn Heb “before our eyes,” meaning that “we see nothing except this manna.”
  4. Numbers 11:8 tn Heb “And its taste was like the taste of fresh olive oil.”