Exodus 16:34
ESV
As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron placed it before the testimony to be kept.
NIV
As the Lord commanded Moses, Aaron put the manna with the tablets of the covenant law, so that it might be preserved.
NASB
As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron placed it before the Testimony, to be kept.
CSB
As the Lord commanded Moses, Aaron placed it before the testimony to be preserved.
NLT
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.
KJV
As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.
NKJV
As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.
What does Exodus 16:34 mean?
The Lord instructed that a daily ration of manna (Exodus 16:14–16, 21) be kept as a relic for future generations of Israel (Exodus 16:32–33). Aaron is said to have kept this in the ark with the "testimony:" the stone tablets recording God's covenant law (Exodus 25:16). At the time Israel first received manna, neither the Law, the tablets, or the ark had yet been established. For this reason, many commentators believe that these comments (Exodus 16:35) were added by Joshua after Moses' death.Eventually, this jar would be lost along with the other relics (Hebrews 9:4). When the temple was destroyed in AD 70, all traces of the ark and its contents were gone.
