Exodus 16:34
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New International Version (©2011)
As the LORD commanded Moses, Aaron put the manna with the tablets of the covenant law, so that it might be preserved.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded Moses. He eventually placed it in the Ark of the Covenant--in front of the stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant.

English Standard Version (©2001)
As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron placed it before the testimony to be kept.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron placed it before the Testimony, to be kept.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
As the LORD commanded Moses, Aaron placed it before the testimony to be preserved.

International Standard Version (©2012)
So Aaron placed it before the Testimony to be kept, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

NET Bible (©2006)
Just as the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron placed it before the Testimony for safekeeping.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Aaron put the jar of manna in front of the words of God's promise to be kept there, as the LORD commanded Moses.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.

American King James Version
As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.

American Standard Version
As Jehovah commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.

Douay-Rheims Bible
As the Lord commanded Moses. And Aaron put it in the tabernacle to be kept.

Darby Bible Translation
As Jehovah had commanded Moses, so Aaron deposited it before the Testimony, to be kept.

English Revised Version
As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.

Webster's Bible Translation
As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.

World English Bible
As Yahweh commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.

Young's Literal Translation
as Jehovah hath given commandment unto Moses, so doth Aaron let it rest before the Testimony, for a charge.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

16:32-36 God having provided manna to be his people's food in the wilderness, the remembrance of it was to be preserved. Eaten bread must not be forgotten. God's miracles and mercies are to be had in remembrance. The word of God is the manna by which our souls are nourished, Mt 4:4. The comforts of the Spirit are hidden manna, Re 2:17. These come from heaven, as the manna did, and are the support and comfort of the Divine life in the soul, while we are in the wilderness of this world. Christ in the word is to be applied to the soul, and the means of grace are to be used. We must every one of us gather for ourselves, and gather in the morning of our days, the morning of our opportunities; which if we let slip, it may be too late to gather. The manna must not be hoarded up, but eaten; those who have received Christ, must by faith live upon him, and not receive his grace in vain. There was manna enough for all, enough for each, and none had too much; so in Christ there is enough, but not more than we need. But those who ate manna, hungered again, died at last, and with many of them God was not well pleased; whereas they that feed on Christ by faith, shall never hunger, and shall die no more, and with them God will be for ever well pleased. Let us seek earnestly for the grace of the Holy Spirit, to turn all our knowledge of the doctrine of Christ crucified, into the spiritual nourishment of our souls by faith and love.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 34, - Aaron laid it up before the testimony. "The testimony" is not the Ark of the Covenant, which is never so called, but the Covenant itself, or the two tables of stone engraved by the finger of God, which are termed "the testimony" in Exodus 25:16-21; Exodus 40:20; etc. The pot of manna was laid up inside the ark (Hebrews 9:4) in front of the two tables.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the testimony, to be kept. That is, before the ark of the testimony; when that was made, as it was in a little time after this, called the testimony, because it contained in it the law, which was a testimony or testification of the mind and will of God unto Israel, see Exodus 25:16 the apostle says, the pot of manna was in the ark, Hebrews 9:4 that is, on one side of it; see Gill on Hebrews 9:4.

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The Sabbath Observed
…33And Moses said to 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. 34As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept. 35And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came to the borders of the land of Canaan.

Exodus 25:16 Then put in the ark the tablets of the covenant law, which I will give you.
Exodus 25:21 Place the cover on top of the ark and put in the ark the tablets of the covenant law that I will give you.
Exodus 27:21 In the tent of meeting, outside the curtain that shields the ark of the covenant law, Aaron and his sons are to keep the lamps burning before the LORD from evening till morning. This is to be a lasting ordinance among the Israelites for the generations to come.
Exodus 40:20 He took the tablets of the covenant law and placed them in the ark, attached the poles to the ark and put the atonement cover over it.
Numbers 17:10 The LORD said to Moses, "Put back Aaron's staff in front of the ark of the covenant law, to be kept as a sign to the rebellious. This will put an end to their grumbling against me, so that they will not die."