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The people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in mortars, and boiled it in pots, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Occurrences at Kibroth-hattavah.

(Numbers 11:4) The mixt multitude — The word in the original resembles our “riff-raff” a…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

As the taste of fresh oil.— Or, of a rich cake of oil. In Exodus 16:31 the taste of the manna is said to have been li…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

At first they thought it was like wafers made with honey.

Getting more used to it, they, perhaps, described it quite as accurately, but not q…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

[And] the people went about and gathered [it]
Went about the camp on all sides, where it fell in plenty; this they d…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Man, having forsaken his proper rest, feels uneasy and wretched, even when prosperous. They were weary of the provision God had made for them, even…

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