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Numbers 11:7

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And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.
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  1. Exodus 16:31Rank 1 from verse 7
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    31And 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.

  2. Exodus 16:14–15Rank 2 from verse 7
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    14And 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.

    15And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the Lord hath given you to eat.

  3. Genesis 2:12Rank 3 from verse 7
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    12And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.

  4. 1 Corinthians 1:23–24Rank 4 from verse 7
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    23But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;

    24But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.

  5. Revelation 2:17Rank 5 from verse 7
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    17He 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.

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Numbers 11:7

COMBINED MEANING

manna

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The food God gave Israel from heaven in the wilderness.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

seed

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Sense 1: The reproductive substance of a plant or creature, especially what is sown to produce after its kind. Sense 2: Offspring, descendants, or lineage. Sense 3: A beginning, source, or thing sown that produces a result.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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11:4¶ And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?

11:5We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:

11:6But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.

11:7And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.

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11:8And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.

11:9And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.

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