31 And the house of Israel called its name [a]Manna. And (A)it was like white coriander seed, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.

32 Then Moses said, “This is the thing which the Lord has commanded: ‘Fill an omer with it, to be kept for your generations, that they may see the bread with which I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’ ” 33 And Moses said to Aaron, (B)“Take a pot and put an omer of manna in it, and lay it up before the Lord, to be kept for your generations.” 34 As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up (C)before the Testimony, to be kept. 35 And the children of Israel (D)ate manna (E)forty years, (F)until they came to an inhabited land; they ate manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan. 36 Now an omer is one-tenth of an ephah.

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  1. Exodus 16:31 Lit. What? Ex. 16:15

31 The people of Israel called the bread manna.[a](A) It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey. 32 Moses said, “This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Take an omer of manna and keep it for the generations to come, so they can see the bread I gave you to eat in the wilderness when I brought you out of Egypt.’”

33 So Moses said to Aaron, “Take a jar and put an omer of manna(B) in it. Then place it before the Lord to be kept for the generations to come.”

34 As the Lord commanded Moses, Aaron put the manna with the tablets of the covenant law,(C) so that it might be preserved. 35 The Israelites ate manna(D) forty years,(E) until they came to a land that was settled; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan.(F)

36 (An omer(G) is one-tenth of an ephah.)(H)

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  1. Exodus 16:31 Manna sounds like the Hebrew for What is it? (see verse 15).