Numbers 11:8Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

Douay-RheimsHebrew (Masoretic text)

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.
Douay-Rheims

שָׁטוּ֩ הָעָ֨ם וְלָֽקְט֜וּ וְטָחֲנ֣וּ בָרֵחַ֗יִם א֤וֹ דָכוּ֙ בַּמְּדֹכָ֔ה וּבִשְּׁלוּ֙ בַּפָּר֔וּר וְעָשׂ֥וּ אֹת֖וֹ עֻג֑וֹת וְהָיָ֣ה טַעְמ֔וֹ כְּטַ֖עַם לְשַׁ֥ד הַשָּֽׁמֶן׃
Hebrew (Masoretic text)

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Ephraem the Syrian

4th centuryChurch Father

The manna assumed various flavors. Those who partake of manna ground by millstones symbolize the flawless; those who process it in pots signify the just; those who consume manna cooked in pots embody the remorseful, for their bread is mingled with tears; and those who transform manna into other provisions represent the wayward, who nourish their minds with dust and ashes, consuming what has been forbidden to them.

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