Exodus 16:34
What does Exodus 16:34 mean?
A plain-English look at Exodus 16:34 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000As Jehovah commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.
KJV
King James Version · 1611As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901As Jehovah commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949So Aaron put it away in front of the holy chest to be kept, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862as Jehovah hath given commandment unto Moses, so doth Aaron let it rest before the Testimony, for a charge.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752As the Lord commanded Moses. And Aaron put it in the tabernacle to be kept.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890As Jehovah had commanded Moses, so Aaron deposited it before the Testimony, to be kept.
Context
v.33And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omerful of manna therein, and lay it up before Jehovah, to be kept throughout your generations.
v.34This passage
v.35And the children of Israel did eat the manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat the manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 25:21
And thou shalt put the mercy-seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.
- Exodus 40:20
And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy-seat above upon the ark:
- Numbers 17:10
And Jehovah said unto Moses, Put back the rod of Aaron before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the children of rebellion; that thou mayest make an end of their murmurings against me, that they die not.
- Numbers 1:50
but appoint thou the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all the furniture thereof, and over all that belongeth to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the furniture thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.
- Numbers 1:53
But the Levites shall encamp round about the tabernacle of the testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of the testimony.
- Exodus 31:18
And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, the two tables of the testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.
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