Exodus 16:36

Now an omer + 16:36 i.e., two quarts dry measure is the tenth part of an ephah. + 16:36 T.N. an ephah is about one-half bushel

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.

In Context

35And the Bnei Yisroel did eat manna arba'im shanah, until they came to an eretz noshavet (an inhabited land); they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of Eretz Kena'an.

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Cross References

Exodus 16:16This is the thing which Hashem hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating [need], an omer per person, according to the number of your nefashot; take ye every man for them which are in his ohel.

Ruth 2:17So she gleaned in the sadeh until the erev, and she threshed what she had gleaned; and it was about an ephah of seorim.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 16:33-36

A Pot of Manna Preserved. ( b. c. 1491.) 32 And Moses said, This is the thing which the Lord commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt. 33 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the Lord , to be kept for your generations. 34 As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept. 35 And… Read the whole commentary →

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