Exodus 16:34

34 As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron placed it before ¹the testimony to be kept.

Exodus 16:34 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 16:34

As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the
testimony, to be kept.
] That is, before the ark of the testimony; when that was made, as it was in a little time after this, called the testimony, because it contained in it the law, which was a testimony or testification of the mind and will of God unto Israel, see ( Exodus 25:16 Exodus 25:21 Exodus 25:22 ) the apostle says, the pot of manna was in the ark, ( Hebrews 9:4 ) that is, on one side of it, (See Gill on Hebrews 9:4).

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Exodus 16:34 In-Context

32 Moses said, "This is what the LORD has commanded: 'Let an omer of it be kept throughout your generations, so that they may see the bread with which I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.'"

33 And Moses said to Aaron, "Take a jar, and put an omer of manna in it, and place it before the LORD to be kept throughout your generations."

34 As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron placed it before the testimony to be kept.

35 The people of Israel ate the manna forty years, till they came to a habitable land. They ate the manna till they came to the border of the land of Canaan.

36 (An omer is the tenth part of an ephah.)

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1. Exodus 25:16, 21; Exodus 26:33, 34; Exodus 27:21; Exodus 30:6, 26, 36; Exodus 40:21

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Exodus 16:34

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Exodus 16:34 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 16:34 In-Context

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