And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, What is this? For they knew not what it was; and Moses said to them,

But now our soul is dried up; our eyes [turn] to nothing but to the manna.

And the manna is as coriander seed, and the appearance of it is as bdellium.

As the apple among the trees of the wood, so is my kinsman among the sons. I desired his shadow, and sat down, and his fruit was sweet in my throat.