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31 And the house of Israel called its name Manna; and it was like coriander seed, white, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.

32 ¶ And Moses said, This is what the LORD has commanded, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your descendants, that they may see the bread with which 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 in it and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your descendants.

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31 The people of Israel called the bread manna.[a](A) It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey. 32 Moses said, “This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Take an omer of manna and keep it for the generations to come, so they can see the bread I gave you to eat in the wilderness when I brought you out of Egypt.’”

33 So Moses said to Aaron, “Take a jar and put an omer of manna(B) in it. Then place it before the Lord to be kept for the generations to come.”

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 16:31 Manna sounds like the Hebrew for What is it? (see verse 15).