Coriander
HERBS & SPICES
Plant food — the dietary laws of Leviticus 11 concern animals
Would you eat it?
Mentioned in 2 verses (KJV)
Herbs & spices
Description
Coriander seed was small, round, and pale. It was familiar enough that the Israelites reached for it as the closest comparison when they needed to describe manna, a food no one had ever seen before.
Key verses
“And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.”
Exodus 16:31
All 2 referencesshow
- Exodus 16:31
- Numbers 11:7