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31 The Israelis named it[a] “manna”.[b] It was white like coriander seed, and tasted like a wafer made with honey. 32 Moses said, “This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Set aside one omer[c] of it for future generations, so that they may see the food with which I fed you in the desert when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’”

33 Then Moses told Aaron, “Take a jar, fill it with about one omer[d] of manna, and place it in the Lord’s presence, to be preserved throughout future generations.”

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 16:31 Lit. called its name
  2. Exodus 16:31 Manna sounds like the Heb. term What is it?; cf. vs. 15
  3. Exodus 16:32 I.e. about two quarts
  4. Exodus 16:33 I.e. about two quarts