By hebrew on Skatehive
Welcome to my Hebrew reading & language series. Exodus 16:32-36 Save some for future generations... We got the last clue about this strange substance, called bread from heaven, last week. Its taste was like coriander made with honey. This week, we wrap up the chapter with more from The Almighty. He wants them to take a tenth of an epha and save it for all generations, so that they can see what the people ate for forty years while in the desert. Moshe (Moses) told Aharon (Aaron) to put the "Mahn" into a jar and place it before YHVH to be kept throughout their generations. As commanded, Aharon did so and placed the jar before ha-eh-Doot (the testimony). At this point, the Ark of the Covenant had not been created. But we see that there *is a place, called ha-eh-Doot that must be located near YHVH (God himself). The rest of this chapter is written as if looking back on these events, like a narrator, mentioning the length of time that they ate this bread and that it fed them until the time