Or perhaps, rather, marriage of a sort, as appears from what follows. The chronology of the LXX is, as usual, here followed. The text here is uncertain and obscure. This is a somewhat strange description of the manna. Hornius remarks upon it that there may be a reference to the dew in which the Hebrews believed the manna to have been enveloped, but that seems a far-fetched explanation.
Some words seem to have been lost here.
The Hebrew text is here different. Some words have been here lost, but are conjecturally supplied in the text. But they have generally been given as they stand in the text of our author, and they can easily be identified by any readers who think it worth while to do so. Non esse in se. A clear mistake of memory in our author.