Exodus 16:34

Translations

Modern

And Aaron placed it in front of the Testimony, to be preserved just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Traditional

As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.

Literal

And as YHWH commanded Moses, Aaron laid it up before the face of the Testimony to be kept.

Latin

…sicut præcepit Dominus Moysi. Posuitque illud Aaron in tabernaculo reservandum.

Original

Hebrew

English

And Aaron placed it in front of the Testimony, to be preserved just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Notes

Exodus 16:32–36

The container of manna was to be preserved as a reminder of God’s providential care for his people. He is powerful and deeply caring. Not only can he supply our needs, he wants to do so.

Exodus 16:1–36

God demonstrated care for his people by providing manna and quail as food for them.

Exodus 15:22–18:27

On the journey from the sea to Mount Sinai, God continued to care for the people's needs. During the events where he rescued them, he showed his power. Here, he showed that he cares about their basic needs.

Theme notes and profiles

Moses Bread from Heaven

Events

Wilderness Wanderingsc. 1491 BC

Related verses

Exodus 25:16
And place inside the ark the Testimony, which I will give you.
Exodus 27:21
In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil that is in front of the Testimony, Aaron and his sons are to tend the lamps before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the Israelites for the generations to come.
Exodus 25:21
Set the mercy seat atop the ark and put the Testimony that I will give you into the ark.
Exodus 40:20
Moses took the Testimony and placed it in the ark, attaching the poles to the ark; and he set the mercy seat atop the ark.
Numbers 17:10
The LORD said to Moses, “Put Aaron’s staff back in front of the Testimony, to be kept as a sign for the rebellious, so that you may put an end to their grumbling against Me, lest they die.”
Exodus 31:18
When the LORD had finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, He gave him the two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God.
Deuteronomy 10:5
…and I went back down the mountain and placed the tablets in the ark I had made, as the LORD had commanded me; and there they have remained.
Exodus 30:36
Grind some of it into fine powder and place it in front of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, where I will meet with you. It shall be most holy to you.
Exodus 30:6
Place the altar in front of the veil that is before the ark of the Testimony—before the mercy seat that is over the Testimony—where I will meet with you.
Numbers 1:50
Instead, you are to appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the Testimony, all its furnishings, and everything in it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its articles, care for it, and camp around it.
Exodus 38:21
This is the inventory for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the Testimony, as recorded at Moses’ command by the Levites under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.
Numbers 1:53
But the Levites are to camp around the tabernacle of the Testimony and watch over it, so that no wrath will fall on the congregation of Israel. So the Levites are responsible for the tabernacle of the Testimony.”

People

Aaron: Moses' brother, first high priest of Israel Moses: Prophet who led Israel out of Egypt

Glossary

Book of Exodus Deuteronomy, Book of Mount, Mountain Omer Tamarisk

Topics

Aaron: Places Pot of Manna in the Ark Ark of the Covenant: The Pot of Manna and Aaron's Rod Laid up Before Ark: in the Tabernacle--Called the Ark of the Covenant: Pot of Manna Israel: Provided with Manna and Quail Manna: A Golden Pot of, Laid up in the Holiest for a Memorial Manna: General Scriptures Concerning Memorial: The Pot of Manna Sin: Desert of, a Wilderness Between Elim and Sinai: Manna and Quail Given In

Exodus 16:34

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