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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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Manna Was a Good Gift
Commentators explain that manna was a versatile food that could be ground, beaten, and cooked in various ways. Its taste, described as "fresh oil," was considered delicious and nourishing in that culture. This highlights that God's provision was good and pleasant, directly contrasting with the people's ungrateful complaints.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Occurrences at Kibroth-hattavah.
(Numbers 11:4) The mixt multitude — The word in the original resembles our “riff-raff” a…
19th Century
Anglican
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…
Baptist
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…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
[And] the people went about and gathered [it] Went about the camp on all sides, where it fell in plenty; this they d…
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…
