Numbers 11:7 (BSB)

Now the manna resembled coriander seed, and its appearance was like that of gum resin.

From Numbers 11. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Numbers 11:7

• John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Numbers 11:7: 7. And the manna was as coriander seed. Moses had already adverted to this in Exodus 16; See ante, vol. 1:275. but he now repeats it, in order more fully to condemn their perverse desire; for what could be more unseemly and intolerable than thus to eschew a food delightful both in appearance and taste v.
• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Numbers 11:4-15: These verses represent things sadly unhinged and out of order in Israel, both the people and the prince uneasy. I. Here is the people fretting, and speaking against God himself (as it is interpreted, Psa 78:19), notwithstanding his glorious appearances both to them and for them. Observe, 1. Who were the criminals. (1.) The mixed multitude began, they fell a lusting, Num 11:4.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Numbers 11:7: And the manna was as coriander seed,.... Not in colour, for that is black or darkish, whereas the manna was white, as is generally observed; of which See Gill on Exo 16:31; however it might be like the coriander, because of its form and figure, being round, and because of its quantity, being small, Exo 16:14; Some think the mustard seed is meant, as Aben...
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Numbers 11:7: And the manna [was] as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium. (e) Which is a white pearl, or precious stone.