78:24 He rained down manna for them to eat;
he gave them the grain of heaven. 1
78:27 He rained down meat on them like dust,
birds as numerous as the sand on the seashores. 2
1 sn Manna was apparently shaped like a seed (Exod 16:31), perhaps explaining why it is here compared to grain.
2 tn Heb “and like the sand of the seas winged birds.”