And when the children of Israel saw [it], they said one to another, It [is] manna: for they wist not what it [was]. And Moses said unto them, This [is] the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.
Ver. 15. It is manna,] i.e., What shall I call? Herba Anonymus non inveniendo nomen, invenit, saith Pliny; a so manna. Others interpret manna, a portion, an admirable gift, or meat prepared.
a Lib. xxvi. cap. 14.