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Exodus 16

Ex. 16:36 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Now an omer
`omer (Hebrew #6016)
properly, a heap, i.e. a sheaf; also an omer, as a dry measure
KJV usage: omer, sheaf.
Pronounce: o'-mer
Origin: from 6014
p is the tenth
`asiyriy (Hebrew #6224)
tenth; by abbreviation, tenth month or (feminine) part
KJV usage: tenth (part).
Pronounce: as-ee-ree'
Origin: from 6235
part of an ephah
'eyphah (Hebrew #374)
of Egyptian derivation; an ephah or measure for grain; hence, a measure in general
KJV usage: ephah, (divers) measure(-s).
Pronounce: ay-faw'
Origin: or (shortened) ephah {ay-faw'}
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Ex. 16:16,32‑33• 16This is the thing which Jehovah has commanded: Gather of it every man according to what he can eat, an omer a poll, according to the number of your persons: ye shall take every man for those that are in his tent.
 32And Moses said, This is the thing which Jehovah has commanded: Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread that I gave you to eat in the wilderness, when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.
 33And Moses said to Aaron, Take a pot, and put in it an omer full of manna, and deposit it before Jehovah, to be kept for your generations. (Ex. 16:16,32‑33)

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Ephah,
Omer

Cross References

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Ex. 16:16,32‑33• 16This is the thing which Jehovah has commanded: Gather of it every man according to what he can eat, an omer a poll, according to the number of your persons: ye shall take every man for those that are in his tent.
 32And Moses said, This is the thing which Jehovah has commanded: Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread that I gave you to eat in the wilderness, when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.
 33And Moses said to Aaron, Take a pot, and put in it an omer full of manna, and deposit it before Jehovah, to be kept for your generations. (Ex. 16:16,32‑33)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephahb.

JND Translation Notes

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b
See 1 Kings 7.26; Isa. 5.10; Ezek. 45.11.