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34 As the Lord had commanded Moses, Aaron placed it in front of the covenant[a] to keep it.

35 The Israelites ate the manna for forty years, until they came to settled land;(A) they ate the manna until they came to the borders of Canaan. 36 (An omer is one tenth of an ephah.)[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 16:34 The covenant: i.e., the ark of the covenant, in which were placed the two tablets of the Ten Commandments. Cf. 25:16, 21–22.
  2. 16:36 Omer…ephah: see note on Is 5:10.

34 As the Lord commanded Moses, Aaron put the manna with the tablets of the covenant law,(A) so that it might be preserved. 35 The Israelites ate manna(B) forty years,(C) until they came to a land that was settled; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan.(D)

36 (An omer(E) is one-tenth of an ephah.)(F)

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