Pertanyaan: 37. Apa itu manna?
Dikatakan bahwa manna orang Israel adalah eksudasi manis dari spesies tamarisk, getahnya mengalir karena serangga. Beberapa pohon menghasilkan manna, seperti pohon abu berbunga di Sisilia dan eukaliptus di Australia. Di India, eksudasi manis berasal dari bambu, dan zat serupa diperoleh dari pinus gula dan tebu biasa di negara kita sendiri.
Question: 37. What Was Manna?
It is supposed that the manna of the Israelites was a saccharine exudation of a species of tamarisk, the sap of which was set flowing by an insect. Several trees yield manna, as the flowering ash of Sicily and the eucalyptus of Australia. In India a sweet exudation comes from the bamboo, and a similar substance is obtained from the sugar-pine and common reed of our own country.
