Numbers 11:8
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And the people went about, and gathering it, ground it in a mill, or beat it in a mortar, and boiled it in a pot, and made cakes thereof of the taste of bread tempered with oil.

the people

Exodus 16:16-18 This is the word that the Lord hath commanded: Let every one gather of it as much as is enough to eat; a gomor for every man, according to the number of your souls that dwell in a tent, so shall you take of it. . . .

John 6:27,33-58 Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that which endureth unto life everlasting, which the Son of man will give you. For him hath God, the Father, sealed. . . .

baked it

Exodus 16:23 And he said to them: This is what the Lord hath spoken: To morrow is the rest of the sabbath sanctified to the Lord. Whatsoever work is to be done, do it; and the meats that are to be dressed, dress them; and whatsoever shall remain, lay it up until the morning.

taste of it

Exodus 16:31 And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white, and the taste thereof like to flour with honey.

Context
The Complaints of the People
7Now the manna was like coriander seed, of the colour of bdellium. 8And the people went about, and gathering it, ground it in a mill, or beat it in a mortar, and boiled it in a pot, and made cakes thereof of the taste of bread tempered with oil.9And when the dew fell in the night upon the camp, the manna also fell with it.…
Cross References
John 6:31
Our fathers did eat manna in the desert, as it is written: He gave them bread from heaven to eat.

Genesis 25:29
And Jacob boiled pottage: to whom Esau, coming faint out of the field,

Numbers 11:7
Now the manna was like coriander seed, of the colour of bdellium.

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

Lexicon
The people
הָעָ֨ם (hā·‘ām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

walked around
שָׁטוּ֩ (šā·ṭū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 7751: To push forth, to lash, to row, to travel

and gathered it,
וְלָֽקְט֜וּ (wə·lā·qə·ṭū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 3950: To pick up, to gather, to glean

ground it
וְטָחֲנ֣וּ (wə·ṭā·ḥă·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 2912: To grind meal, to be a, concubine

on a handmill
בָרֵחַ֗יִם (ḇā·rê·ḥa·yim)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - md
Strong's Hebrew 7347: A mill-stone

or
א֤וֹ (’ōw)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 176: Desire, if

crushed it
דָכוּ֙ (ḏā·ḵū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1743: To pound, beat

in a mortar,
בַּמְּדֹכָ֔ה (bam·mə·ḏō·ḵāh)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4085: Mortar -- mortar

then boiled
וּבִשְּׁלוּ֙ (ū·ḇiš·šə·lū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1310: To boil up, cooking, to ripen

it in a cooking pot
בַּפָּר֔וּר (bap·pā·rūr)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6517: A skillet

or shaped it into
וְעָשׂ֥וּ (wə·‘ā·śū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

cakes.
עֻג֑וֹת (‘u·ḡō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5692: A disc or cake of bread

It tasted
טַעְמ֔וֹ (ṭa‘·mōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2940: A taste, perception, intelligence, a mandate

like pastry
לְשַׁ֥ד (lə·šaḏ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3955: Juice, juicy or dainty bit, a dainty

baked with fine oil.
הַשָּֽׁמֶן׃ (haš·šā·men)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8081: Grease, liquid, richness


Additional Translations
The people walked around and gathered it, ground it on a handmill or crushed it in a mortar, then boiled it in a cooking pot or shaped it into cakes. It tasted like pastry baked with fine oil.And 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.

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.

And the people went through the field, and gathered, and ground it in the mill, or pounded it in a mortar, and baked it in a pan, and made cakes of it; and the sweetness of it was as the taste of wafer made with oil.

The people went about, and gathered it, and ground it with hand-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 oil-cakes.

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

And 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.

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

the people have turned aside and gathered it, and ground it with millstones, or beat it in a mortar, and boiled it in a pan, and made it cakes, and its taste hath been as the taste of the moisture of oil.
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