Exodus 16:31

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Now the house of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey.

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29 Understand that the LORD has given you the Sabbath; that is why on the sixth day He will give you bread for two days. On the seventh day, everyone must stay where he is; no one may leave his place.”

30 So the people rested on the seventh day.

31 Now the house of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey.

32 Moses 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.’”

33 So Moses told Aaron, “Take a jar and fill it with an omer of manna. Then place it before the LORD to be preserved for the generations to come.”

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Exodus 16:31 in every translation

BSB 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.
KJV King James 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.
WEB 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.
ASV 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.
YLT 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.
DBY Darby Translation: And the house of Israel called its name Manna; and it was like coriander-seed, white; and the taste of it was like cake with honey.
WBS Webster Bible: 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.