When the Israelites saw it, they didn't know what it was and asked each other, "What is it?" Moses said to them, "This is the food that the LORD has given you to eat.

But now our strength is gone. There is nothing at all to eat---nothing but this manna day after day!"

(Manna was like small seeds, whitish yellow in color.

Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my dearest compared to other men. I love to sit in its shadow, and its fruit is sweet to my taste.