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Omer
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From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), a historical reference index. The groupings are Nave’s; the verses are shown in the text used across this site.
(One-tenth of an ephah)
A dry measure containing, according to the Rabbis, two quarts, but according to Josephus, three and one-half quarts
- Exodus 16:16–18 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.’” So the Israelites did this. Some gathered more, and some less. When they measured it by the omer, he who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had…
- Exodus 16:36 (Now an omer is a tenth of an ephah.)
Word study: the Hebrew and Greek words behind “omer” →
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.