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Exodus 16:36

34 And Aaron placed it in front of the Testimony, to be preserved just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

35 The Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a land where they could settle; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan.

(Now an omer is a tenth of an ephah.)
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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
(Now an omer is a tenth of an ephah.)
KJV
Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.
WEB
Now an omer is one tenth of an ephah.
ASV
Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.
DARBY
Now an omer is the tenth [part] of an ephah.
BLB
And an omer is a tenth of an ephah.
ÅB
En omer er tiendedelen av en efa.
[^1]: se 2MO 12, 6.
[^2]: hebr. man, d.e. hva er det?.
[^3]: lovens tavler.
OTB
(En omer er omtrent en tidel av en efa.)
B1930
En omer er tiendedelen av en efa.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Exodus 16:16

    This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Each one is to gather as much as he needs. You may take an omer for each person in your tent.’”

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  • Exodus 16:32–33

    Moses said, “This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Keep an omer of manna for the generations to come, so that they may see the bread I fed you in the wilderness when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’”

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