John Gill's Exposition on Numbers 11:8

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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[And] the people went about and gathered [it], etc.] Went about the camp on all sides, where it fell in plenty; this they did every morning, and this was all the trouble they were at; they had it for gathering, without any expense to them: and ground [it] in mills: in hand mills, as Aben Ezra; for though it melted through the heat of the sun, and became a liquid, yet, when gathered in the morning, it was hard like grains of corn, or other seeds, and required to be ground in mills: or beat [it] in a mortar; with a pestle, as spices are beaten and bruised: and baked [it] in pans; or rather boiled it in a pot, as the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem, since it follows: and made cakes of it; which were baked on the hearth; all which may denote the sufferings of Christ, who was beaten, and bruised, and broken, that he might become fit food for faith, (<235304>Isaiah 53:4,5,10); and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil; which is very grateful and pleasant, as well as very fattening and nourishing; so that the Israelites had no reason to complain of their being dried away by continual eating of it; (see Gill on “<021631>Exodus 16:31”).

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