A dictionary of the . his long-continued andwonderful miracle, Moses was instructedthat a golden pot should be provided,Ex. 16 : 33; Heb. 9 : 4, and that anomer (or one mans portion) of themanna should be put up for preserva-tion and placed in or near the ark, thatsucceeding generations might see withtheir own eyes the very substance onwhich their fathers were miraculously fed in their long and perilous journey-ings from Egypt to Canaan. The manna which is now used inmedicine as a mild laxative is the driedjuice of the ash (Ornns), and is obtainedfrom Southern Europe. It evidently hasn
A dictionary of the . his long-continued andwonderful miracle, Moses was instructedthat a golden pot should be provided,Ex. 16 : 33; Heb. 9 : 4, and that anomer (or one mans portion) of themanna should be put up for preserva-tion and placed in or near the ark, thatsucceeding generations might see withtheir own eyes the very substance onwhich their fathers were miraculously fed in their long and perilous journey-ings from Egypt to Canaan. The manna which is now used inmedicine as a mild laxative is the driedjuice of the ash (Ornns), and is obtainedfrom Southern Europe. It evidently hasno connection with the food of the Israel-ites. Various natural exudations fromEastern shrubs and trees are called by thisname, their sweet taste and the globularform under which they are ordinarilyfound occasioning a fancied resemblanceto the manna of the Israelites. Espe-cially notable is that which drops fromthe twigs of the tamarisk, or tar/a, inthe deserts of Mount Sinai, and is gath-ered by the Arabs for food and sold to. Tamarisk or Manna Tree of the SinaiticPeninsula. travellers as a curiosity. Although thenatives call this substance manna, themanna which the Israelites found in thesame locality was entirely different inseveral particulars. The Arab mannafalls only where the tamarisks grow andduring early summer; it may be keptyears without breeding worms; it cannotbe ground or beaten into meal, jSum. 11:8, more than could thick honey; it comeson Sabbath and week-day in equal quan-tities. It is plain that the Israelitesnever saw their manna before or after theExodus. Deut. 8 : 3,16; Ex. 16 : 15, 32, MAN MAN An Eastern traveller gives the following jaccount (in part verified by the writer)of the modern manna of Arabia: This ;substance is called by the Bedouins mann,and accurately resembles the description ,of manna given in the Scriptures. In {the month of June it drops from thethorns (the fresh stems; the tamariskhas no thorns) of the tamarisk uponthe fallen twigs
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