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The Jar of Manna

Exodus 16:36

In 11 translations

BSB
(Now an omer is a tenth of an ephah.)An ephah was a dry measure having the capacity of about 20 dry quarts or 22 liters.
KJV
Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.
WEB
Now an omer is one tenth of an ephah.1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel
ASV
Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.
LSV
And the omer is a tenth of the ephah.
YLT
and the omer is a tenth of the ephah.
DBY
Now an omer is the tenth [part] of an ephah.
DRC
Now a gomor is the tenth part of an ephi.
GNV
The Omer is the tenth part of the Ephah.
JPS
Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.
LXXE
Now the homer was the tenth part of three measures.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְהָעֹ֕מֶר עֲשִׂרִ֥ית הָאֵיפָ֖ה הֽוּא׃
LXX-Br
Τὸ δὲ γομὸρ τὸ δέκατον τῶν τριῶν μέτρων ἦν.

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  • Exodus 16:16This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Each one is to gather as much as he needs. You may take an omer for each person in your tent.’”
  • Exodus 16:32–33Moses said, “This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Keep an omer of manna for the generations to come, so that they may see the bread I fed you in the wilderness when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’” So Moses…

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