And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations.
An omer of manna laid up in a golden pot before the ark was a standing miracle, meant to silence every murmur. Posterity would see what sort of food sustained them, and judge whether they had cause to complain or reason to thank God; eaten bread must not be forgotten. The manna never failed them forty years, though Israel was provoking, thus God's providence is constant, and Christ Himself is the true manna, the bread of life.
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Commenting on Exodus 16:32-36
Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah. Frequent mention being made of this measure in the above relation, as containing the quantity of each man's share of the manna daily, during the forty years' stay in the wilderness; an account is given by the historian how much it contained, by which it may appear what a sufficient provision was made: an ephah...
And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations. (o) Of this vessel read .