Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version (An omer is one-tenth of an ephah.) New Living Translation The container used to measure the manna was an omer, which was one-tenth of an ephah; it held about two quarts. English Standard Version (An omer is the tenth part of an ephah.) Berean Study Bible (Now an omer is a tenth of an ephah.) King James Bible Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah. New King James Version Now an omer is one-tenth of an ephah. New American Standard Bible (Now an omer is a tenth of an ephah.) NASB 1995 (Now an omer is a tenth of an ephah.) NASB 1977 (Now an omer is a tenth of an ephah.) Amplified Bible (Now an omer is the tenth of an ephah.) Christian Standard Bible (They used a measure called an omer, which held two quarts. ) Holman Christian Standard Bible (Two quarts are a tenth of an ephah.) American Standard Version Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And a measure was one tenth of a bushel. Brenton Septuagint Translation Now the homer was the tenth part of three measures. Douay-Rheims Bible Now a gomor is the tenth part of an ephi. Good News Translation The standard dry measure then in use equaled twenty quarts.) International Standard Version Now one omer is a tenth of an ephah. JPS Tanakh 1917 Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah. Literal Standard Version And the omer is a tenth of the ephah. New American Bible (An omer is one tenth of an ephah.) NET Bible (Now an omer is one tenth of an ephah.) New Revised Standard Version An omer is a tenth of an ephah. New Heart English Bible Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah. World English Bible Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah. Young's Literal Translation and the omer is a tenth of the ephah. Additional Translations ... Context The Sabbath Observed…35The Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a land where they could settle; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan. 36(Now an omer is a tenth of an ephah.) Cross References Exodus 16:16 This is what the LORD has commanded: 'Each one is to gather as much as he needs. You may take an omer for each person in your tent.'" Numbers 28:5 along with a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with a quarter hin of oil from pressed olives. Treasury of Scripture Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah. Exodus 16:16,32,33 This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number of your persons; take ye every man for them which are in his tents…
(36) Now an omer.--The "omer" and the "ephah" were both of them Egyptian measures. One--the latter--continued in use among the Hebrews, at any rate, until the captivity (Ezekiel 45, 46); the other--the omer--fell out of use very early. Hence this parenthetic verse, which is exegetical of the word "omer," and may have been added by the completer of Deuteronomy, or by some later editor--perhaps Ezra. Verse 36. - An omer. The "omer" must be distinguished from the "homer" of later times. It was an Egyptian measure, as also was the" ephah." It is not improbable that the verse is an addition by a later writer, as Joshua, or Ezra. |