Exodus 16:34

Exodus 16:34 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.
• New International Version (NIV)As the Lord commanded Moses, Aaron put the manna with the tablets of the covenant law, so that it might be preserved.
• English Standard Version (ESV)As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron placed it before the testimony to be kept.
• New King James Version (NKJV)As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.

Context of Exodus 16:34

32Moses said, ‘This is what the Lord has commanded: “Keep one bowl (an omer) of manna for people to look at in future times. They will see the bread that I fed to you in the desert, after I had brought you out of Egypt.” ’ 33So Moses said to Aaron, ‘Put an omer of manna into a jar. Then put the jar in the place where we worship the Lord. We must keep it safe, so that our descendants can see it in the future.’ Aaron did what the Lord had told Moses. He put the jar in the Covenant Box, to keep it safe. 35The Israelites ate the manna for 40 years, until they had finished their journey in the desert. After those 40 years, they arrived at the edge of Canaan. 36(The people used omers to measure the food. Ten omers is equal to one ephah.)

Exodus 16:34 word by word

כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר צִוָּ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֑ה וַיַּנִּיחֵ֧הוּ אַהֲרֹ֛ן לִפְנֵ֥י הָעֵדֻ֖ת לְמִשְׁמָֽרֶת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• As the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• commandedצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
• Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
• so Aaronאַהֲרֹן'ahărôn · AaronH175
• laid it upיָנַחyânach · to restH3240
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the Testimonyעֵדוּת‛êdûth · testimonyH5715
• to be keptמִשְׁמֶ֫רֶתmishmereth · chargeH4931

Cross-references for Exodus 16:34

• Exodus 25:16Then put into the box the two flat stones with the words of the covenant on them. I will give those to you.
• Exodus 27:21Aaron and his sons must make sure that the lamps always give light from evening until morning. The lampstand will be in the Tent of Meeting, outside the curtain that hangs in front of the Covenant Box. The lamps must always give light there, where the Lord is. This will always be a rule for the Israelites, now and in the future.
• Exodus 30:6Put the altar for incense in the Holy Place in the tabernacle. Put it in front of the curtain that hides the Covenant Box. It will be near the special lid that covers the Covenant Box. That is the place where I will meet with you.
• Exodus 31:18The Lord finished speaking to Moses on Sinai mountain. Then he gave Moses the two flat stones with the special commands that God himself had written on them.
• Exodus 38:21This is a list of the materials that the workers used to make the tabernacle with the Covenant Box inside it. Moses commanded the Levites to write this list. Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest, was the leader of this work.
• Exodus 40:20Moses took the two flat stones with God's special commands on them. He put them inside the Covenant Box. He put the poles through the rings on the box. He put the special lid on top of the box.
• Numbers 1:50The Levites' work will be in the special Tent of Meeting. They must take care of the Tent and everything that is in it. They must carry it everywhere. Their work is with all those things. They must put their own tents round the special Tent.
• Numbers 17:10The Lord said to Moses, ‘Put Aaron's stick in front of the Covenant Box again. The people will see it there like a sign. Then they will remember that they must not turn against me. If they continue to complain, they will die.’
• Deuteronomy 10:5I came down from the mountain. I put the stones into the box that I had made, as the Lord had told me to do. The stones are still there now.
• 1 Kings 8:9There was nothing in the Covenant Box, except the two flat stones that Moses had put there at Sinai. That was where the Lord made a covenant with the Israelites after they came out from Egypt.

Commentaries on Exodus 16:34

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 34Laid it up before the testimony - The עדות eduth or testimony belonged properly to the tabernacle, but that was not yet built. Some are of opinion that the tabernacle, built under the direction of Moses, was only a renewal of one that had existed in the patriarchal times. See Clarke's note on Exodus 16:9. The word signifies reference to something beyond itself; thus the tabernacle, the manna, the tables of stone, Aaron's rod, etc., all bore reference and…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 34The Testimony - See the marginal references.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 32-36Verses 32-36 God having provided manna to be his people's food in the wilderness, the remembrance of it was to be preserved. Eaten bread must not be forgotten. God's miracles and mercies are to be had in remembrance. The word of God is the manna by which our souls are nourished, Mt 4:4. The comforts of the Spirit are hidden manna, Re 2:17. These come from heaven, as the manna did, and are the support and comfort of the Divine life in the soul, while we…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 32-36The 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.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 32-3632-36. Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations--The mere fact of such a multitude being fed for forty years in the wilderness, where no food of any kind is to be obtained, will show the utter impossibility of their subsisting on a natural production of the kind and quantity as this tarfa-gum [see on Ex 16:13]; and, as if for the purpose of removing all such groundless speculations, Aaron was commanded to put a sample of it in a pot--a golden…Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 16:34

• Aaron
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• Israel
• Manna
• Memorial
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Commentaries on Exodus 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings