³⁶ The container used to measure the manna was an omer, which was one-tenth of an ephah; it held about two quarts.^[a]

¹⁶ These are the Lord’s instructions: Each household should gather as much as it needs. Pick up two quarts^[a] for each person in your tent.”

³² Then Moses said, “This is what the Lord has commanded: Fill a two-quart container with manna to preserve it for your descendants. Then later generations will be able to see the food I gave you in the wilderness when I set you free from Egypt.”

³³ Moses said to Aaron, “Get a jar and fill it with two quarts of manna. Then put it in a sacred place before the Lord to preserve it for all future generations.”