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Moses said to Aaron, "Take a pot, and put an omer-full of manna in it, and lay it up before Yahweh, to be kept throughout your generations."
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A Miraculous Memorial
God commanded a pot of manna to be preserved for future generations. Commentators like Spurgeon highlight the miracle in this: the very substance that would normally spoil overnight was supernaturally kept. This served as a perpetual, tangible reminder for Israel to never forget God's faithful provision during their time in the wilderness.
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Exodus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
A pot - The word here used occurs in no other passage. It corresponds in form and use to the Egyptian word for a casket or vase, in which ob…
19th Century
Anglican
And Moses said ... Fill an omer. —This narrative, which must belong to a later date than any other part of Exodus, since …
Baptist
And it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey. And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD co…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Moses said to Aaron, take a pot The Targum of Jonathan calls it an earthen pot; and so Jarchi; which, if it coul…
God having provided manna to be his people's food in the wilderness, its remembrance was to be preserved. Eaten bread must not be forgotten. God's …
