The house of Israel called its name “Manna”, and it was like coriander seed, white; and its taste was like wafers with honey.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 31. Manna. This miraculous food, with which the children of Israel were nourished and supported during their sojourning in the wilderness, was a figure of the bread of life, which we receive in the blessed sacrament, for the food and nourishment of our souls, during the time of our mortal pilgrimage, till we come to our eternal home, the true land of promise: where we shall keep an everlasting sabbath: and have no further need of sacraments. Challoner.—Seed in size, but white; whereas the seed of coriander is black. Menochius.—Sam. “like a grain of rice.”—Honey, or oil. Numbers 11:8. Calmet.—This was the usual taste. But if any one liked another better, the manna assumed it. Wisd. 16:20. Menochius.
“Manna” means “What is it?”