Exodus 16:36
ESV
(An omer is the tenth part of an ephah.)
NIV
(An omer is one-tenth of an ephah.)
NASB
(Now an omer is a tenth of an ephah.)
CSB
(They used a measure called an omer, which held two quarts. )
NLT
The container used to measure the manna was an omer, which was one-tenth of an ephah; it held about two quarts.
KJV
Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.
NKJV
Now an omer is one-tenth of an ephah.
What does Exodus 16:36 mean?
God provided one "omer" of manna (Exodus 16:14–16) for each Israelite each day (Exodus 16:21) during their entire forty years of wilderness travel (Exodus 16:35). Different cultures have used countless unique measurements, with sizes and names changing over time. Here, Scripture records a helpful footnote to define the size of this "omer." This is useful since Exodus chapter 16 is the only place where the Bible mentions this unit of measure.The "ephah" was a more common and longer-used quantity. One ephah has been described as 3/8 to 2/3 of a bushel. This is roughly three to five gallons, or ten to twenty liters. An omer, therefore, was somewhere around a half gallon, or two liters.
