7And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.
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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.
And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground. …
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 4-15)These verses represent things sadly unhinged and out of order in Israel, both the people and the prince uneasy. I. Here is the people fretting, and speaking against God himself (as it is interpreted, Ps. 78:19), notwithstanding his glorious appearances both to them and for them. Observe, 1. Who were the criminals. (1.) The mixed multitude began, they fell a lusting , Num. 11:4. The rabble that cam…
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