Numbers 11:8 [And] the people went about, and gathered [it], and ground [it] in mills, or beat [it] in a mortar, and baked [it] in pans, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.
Ver. 8. And the people went about.] Or, "Went to and fro," as men ought still to "increase knowledge," Dan 12:4 "labouring for the meat that endureth to eternal life." Joh 6:27 God might have saved them this labour, by raining manna into their mouths; but he would not, for the trial of their diligence; and that they might not think that worth nothing, that cost them nothing.
And ground it in mills.] So was Jesus Christ ground and pounded with passion, baked and dried up in the oven of his Father's displeasure, before he became fit food, and a Saviour to his Church.
As the taste of fresh oil.] Or, Wafers baked with honey. Exo 16:31 The sweet promises of grace are sweeter than honey. Psa 19:10 No fresh and sweet oil can so cherish the face, as they do the heart of a believer.