34. Before the Testimony The two stone tablets of the law, afterwards particularly described, (Exodus 34:1, etc . ,) which were kept in the sacred ark, covered by the mercy-seat . This law was called a Testimony against the sins of Israel . read more
35. Until they came to a land inhabited Till they left the desert with its nomad inhabitants, and reached a country of settled population on the borders of the land of Canaan, in the plains of Moab . Deuteronomy 34:1. It does not necessarily follow that the manna had ceased at the time of writing this, hut the statement is, that this supernatural supply had continued through the desert life. According to Joshua 5:11-12, it continued after the Israelites had passed the Jordan and encamped... read more
36. An omer The reason for here specially mentioning the capacity of the omer seems to be that given by Michaelis and Hengstenberg . Literally, the word omer signifies a sheaf of wheat, but in this chapter it denotes a measure, and it is never used with this meaning afterwards . When subsequently the same measure is spoken of it is called the tenth part of an ephah, as in Numbers 5:15; Numbers 28:15. According to these commentators the word here really means the little earthen vessel... read more
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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 16:32-36
AN OMER OF MANNA. LAID UP BEFORE JEHOVAH, Exodus 16:32-36. 32-36. This passage is valuable as giving us an insight into the manner in which the book was written . It is plain that this account of the manna laid… up before the Testimony was composed after the ark of Testimony was made and the tabernacle set up; and the thirty-fifth verse was written after the forty years’ sojourn was ended . While Moses doubtless wrote down the events of the desert life, especially the Divine commands, at... read more