Numbers 11:9
And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.
Numbers 11:9 in other translations
| BSB | When the dew fell on the camp at night, the manna would fall with it. |
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| WEB | When the dew fell on the camp in the night, the manna fell on it. |
| ASV | And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it. |
| YLT | And in the descending of the dew on the camp by night, the manna descendeth upon it. |
| DARBY | And when the dew fell upon the camp by night, the manna fell upon it. |
| BBE | When the dew came down on the tents at night, the manna came down with it. |
| Webster | And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it. |
What does Numbers 11:9 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 11:6-9
6-9. But now ... there is nothing ... beside this manna--Daily familiarity had disgusted them with the sight and taste of the monotonous food; and, ungrateful for the heavenly gift, they longed for a change of fare. It may be noticed that the resemblance of the manna to coriander seed was not in the color, but in the size and figure; and from its comparison to bdellium, which is either a drop of white gum or a white…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 11:4-9
Man, having forsaken his proper rest, feels uneasy and wretched, though prosperous. They were weary of the provision God had made for them, although wholesome food and nourishing. It cost no money or care, and the labour of gathering it was very little indeed; yet they talked of Egypt's cheapness, and the fish they ate there freely; as if that cost them nothing, when they paid dearly for it with hard service! While…
Numbers 11:9 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 11:9
- Exodus 16:13-14
And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host. And 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.
- Psalms 78:23-25
Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven, And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven. Man did eat angels’ food: he sent them meat to the full.
- Psalms 105:40
The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
- Deuteronomy 32:2
My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
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Context
- Numbers 11:8
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.
- Numbers 11:9
And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.
- Numbers 11:10
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.
Numbers 11:9 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y cuando descendía el rocío sobre el real de noche, el maná descendía de sobre él. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et quand la rosée descendait la nuit sur le camp la manne descendait dessus. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und wenn des Nachts der Tau auf das Lager herabfiel, so fiel das Man auf dasselbe herab. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Cumque descenderet nocte super castra ros, descendebat pariter et man. |