The Manna That Tasted to Each According to His Years

For it did not come down to each and every one alike, but only according to what was needful for him. The young men used to eat it as bread, as it is said (in Exodus 16:4): “Behold, I will rain down for you bread from the heavens.” The old men used to eat it as honey, as it is said (in the same place, verse 31): “And its taste was like a wafer in honey.”