Numbers 11:8 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Numbers 11:8 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Numbers 11:8 in 6 Bible Translations
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Numbers 11:8 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“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.”
Numbers 11:8 — World English Bible
Numbers 11:8 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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. ”
Numbers 11:8 — American Standard Version
Numbers 11:8 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“the people have turned aside and gathered <FI>it<Fi> , and ground <FI>it<Fi> with millstones, or beat <FI>it<Fi> in a mortar, and boiled <FI>it<Fi> in a pan, and made it cakes, and its taste hath been as the taste of the moisture of oil.”
Numbers 11:8 — Young's Literal Translation
Numbers 11:8 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“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. ”
Numbers 11:8 — Darby Translation
Numbers 11:8 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“The people went about and gathered it, and ground it in milles, or beat it in morters, and baked it in a cauldron, and made cakes of it, and the taste of it was like vnto the taste of fresh oyle.”
Numbers 11:8 — Geneva Bible
Numbers 11:8 in Context — Numbers 11
6 But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.
7 And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.
8 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.
9 And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.
10 Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the Lord was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased.
What Does Numbers 11:8 Mean?
Numbers 11:8 is a verse from the Book of Numbers, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Numbers chapter 11. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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