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Exodus 16:34
And Aaron placed it in front of the Testimony, to be preserved just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses instructs Aaron to place a jar of manna before the LORD during the wilderness journey after the provision of bread from heaven. Aaron then acts on this directive by depositing the jar in front of the Testimony.
The words — The Hebrew verb וַ/יַּנִּיחֵ֧/הוּ (va/i.ya.ni.Che./hu) literally means "and he deposited it," while כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֛ר (ka./'a.Sher) translates to "just as."
The thread — This placement before the Testimony echoes the ark's function in Exodus 25:16 and Exodus 25:21, where the Testimony is housed, and aligns with the Tent of Meeting's layout in Exodus 27:21.
Why it lands — The text records Aaron's physical act of preserving the manna exactly as Yahweh directed Moses, requiring the reader to note the pattern of divine command followed by precise human execution.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.
Cross-references
- Exodus 25:16 And place inside the ark the Testimony, which I will give you.
- Exodus 25:21 Set the mercy seat atop the ark and put the Testimony that I will give you into the ark.
- Exodus 27:21 In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil that is in front of the Testimony, Aaron and his sons are to tend the lamps before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the Israelites for the generations to come.
- Exodus 40:20 Moses took the Testimony and placed it in the ark, attaching the poles to the ark; and he set the mercy seat atop the ark.
- Numbers 17:10 The LORD said to Moses, “Put Aaron’s staff back in front of the Testimony, to be kept as a sign for the rebellious, so that you may put an end to their grumbling against Me, lest they die.”
- Exodus 30:6 Place the altar in front of the veil that is before the ark of the Testimony—before the mercy seat that is over the Testimony—where I will meet with you.
- Exodus 30:36 Grind some of it into fine powder and place it in front of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, where I will meet with you. It shall be most holy to you.
- Exodus 31:18 When the LORD had finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, He gave him the two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God.
- Deuteronomy 10:5 and I went back down the mountain and placed the tablets in the ark I had made, as the LORD had commanded me; and there they have remained.
- Exodus 38:21 This is the inventory for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the Testimony, as recorded at Moses’ command by the Levites under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.