KJV ORIGINAL
Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
Now an omer is one-tenth of an ephah.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse is explaining that an omer (a measurement for grain) equals one-tenth of a larger measurement called an ephah.
📚 Historical Context
This verse provides a measurement conversion that was important for the Israelites to understand how much manna each person should collect daily. An ephah was a standard Hebrew unit for measuring dry goods like grain, holding about 22 liters or 5.8 gallons. The omer measurement (about 2.2 liters) became significant because it was the daily portion of manna God provided for each person during their 40 years in the wilderness.
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