Exodus 16:36

Exodus 16:36 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.
• English Standard Version (ESV)(An omer is the tenth part of an ephah.)
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now an omer is one-tenth of an ephah.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The container used to measure the manna was an omer, which was one-tenth of an ephah; it held about two quarts.

Context of Exodus 16:36

34As the Lord commanded Moses, Aaron put the manna with the tablets of the covenant law, so that it might be preserved. 35The Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a land that was settled; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan. (An omer is one-tenth of an ephah.)

Exodus 16:36 word by word

וְהָעֹ֕מֶר עֲשִׂרִ֥ית הָאֵיפָ֖ה הֽוּא׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Now an omerעֹ֫מֶר‛ômer · omerH6016
• the tenthעֲשִׂירִי‛ăώîyrîy · tenthH6224
• of an ephahאֵיפָה'êyphâh 'êphâh · ephahH374

Cross-references for Exodus 16:36

• Exodus 16:16This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Everyone is to gather as much as they need. Take an omer for each person you have in your tent.’ ”

Commentaries on Exodus 16:36

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 36Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah - About six pints, English. See Clarke's note on Exodus 16:16. The true place of this verse seems to be immediately after Exodus 16:18, for here it has no connection. On the miracle of the manna, which is the chief subject in this chapter, a good deal has already been said in the preceding notes. The sacred historian has given us the most circumstantial proofs that it was a supernatural and miraculous supply; that…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 16:36

• Israel
• Measure
• Omer
• Sin

In the dictionaries

• Ashamed
• Ephah
• Exodus
• Manna
• None
• Omer
• Remain
• Rest
• Tenth deal
• Testimony

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