seekeroftruth
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Exodus 16:31 The people of Israel called the bread manna.[d] 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 in it. Then place it before the Lord to be kept for the generations to come.”
34 As the Lord commanded Moses, Aaron put the manna with the tablets of the covenant law, so that it might be preserved. 35 The Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a land that was settled; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan.
36 (An omer is one-tenth of an ephah.)
33 So Moses said to Aaron, “Take a jar and put an omer of manna in it. Then place it before the Lord to be kept for the generations to come.”
34 As the Lord commanded Moses, Aaron put the manna with the tablets of the covenant law, so that it might be preserved. 35 The Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a land that was settled; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan.
36 (An omer is one-tenth of an ephah.)
d. Exodus 16:31 Manna sounds like the Hebrew for What is it?
Wait, we don't have the tablets yet. I would have noticed a little thing like that.
This is from the easy English commentary.
The special box reminded the people about the special promise that God had made to the Israelites (Exodus 25:10-22). They placed the box in the Most Holy Place, which was in God’s special tent. Later, they placed the special box in the temple in Jerusalem. It contained the two flat stones where God wrote his 10 commandments. Also, the box contained Aaron’s stick and Aaron’s jar with the manna in it. Hebrews 9:4 refers to Aaron’s jar that contained the manna as a ‘gold’ jar. Very few people lived in the desert. So the Israelites did not meet many other people for those 40 years.
Verse 36 An ephah measured 22 litres. So an omer measures just over 2 litres.
Verse 36 An ephah measured 22 litres. So an omer measures just over 2 litres.
It wouldn't last overnight, unless it was prepared for the Sabbath, but it would last forever in the box with the ten commandments.
This came from GodVine.com.
Did eat manna forty years - This does not necessarily imply that the Israelites were fed exclusively on manna, or that the supply was continuous during forty years: but that whenever it might be needed, owing to the total or partial failure of other food, it was given until they entered the promised land. They had numerous flocks and herds, which were not slaughtered (see Numbers 11:22), but which gave them milk, cheese and of course a limited supply of flesh: nor is there any reason to suppose that during a considerable part of that time they may not have cultivated some spots of fertile ground in the wilderness. We may assume, as in most cases of miracle, that the supernatural supply was commensurate with their actual necessity. The manna was not withheld in fact until the Israelites had passed the Jordan.
Well then, it makes sense that Exodus was actually written after the most of the journey was complete, the tent constructed, the ark loaded and housed in the tent. So it's ok that they talk about the tablets if I look at it from that point of view.
