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1 Od Elima se podigoše, i sav zbor sinova Izrailjevih dođe u pustinju Sin, koja je između Elima i Sinaja, petnaestog dana drugog meseca pošto iziđoše iz zemlje misirske.

2 I stade vikati sav zbor sinova Izrailjevih na Mojsija i na Arona u pustinji,

3 I rekoše im sinovi Izrailjevi: Kamo da smo pomrli od ruke Gospodnje u zemlji misirskoj, kad sedasmo kod lonaca s mesom i jeđasmo hleba izobila! Jer nas izvedoste u ovu pustinju da pomorite sav ovaj zbor glađu.

4 A Gospod reče Mojsiju: Evo učiniću da vam daždi iz neba hleb, a narod neka izlazi i kupi svaki dan koliko treba na dan, da ga okušam hoće li hoditi po mom zakonu ili neće.

5 A šestog dana neka zgotove šta donesu, a neka bude dvojinom onoliko koliko nakupe svaki dan.

6 I reče Mojsije i Aron svim sinovima Izrailjevim: Doveče ćete poznati da vas je Gospod izveo iz zemlje misirske;

7 A sutra ćete videti slavu Gospodnju; jer je čuo viku vašu na Gospoda. Jer šta smo mi da vičete na nas?

8 I reče Mojsije: Doveče će vam dati Gospod mesa da jedete a ujutru hleba da se nasitite; jer je čuo Gospod viku vašu, kojom vičete na Nj. Jer šta smo mi? Nije na nas vaša vika nego na Gospoda.

9 I reče Mojsije Aronu: Kaži svemu zboru sinova Izrailjevih: Pristupite pred Gospoda, jer je čuo viku vašu.

10 I kad reče Aron svemu zboru sinova Izrailjevih, pogledaše u pustinju, i gle, slava Gospodnja pokaza se u oblaku.

11 I Gospod reče Mojsiju govoreći:

12 Čuo sam viku sinova Izrailjevih. Kaži im i reci: Doveče ćete jesti mesa, a sutra ćete se nasititi hleba, i poznaćete da sam ja Gospod Bog vaš.

13 I uveče doleteše prepelice i prekriliše logor, a ujutru pade rosa oko logora;

14 A kad se diže rosa, a to po pustinji nešto sitno okruglo, sitno kao slana po zemlji.

15 I kad vide sinovi Izrailjevi, govorahu jedan drugom: Šta je ovo? Jer ne znahu šta beše. A Mojsije im reče: To je hleb što vam dade Gospod da jedete.

16 To je za šta zapovedi Gospod: kupite ga svaki dan koliko kome treba za jelo, po gomor na glavu, po broju duša vaših, svaki neka uzme za one koji su mu u šatoru.

17 I učiniše tako sinovi Izrailjevi; i nakupiše koji više koji manje.

18 Pa meriše na gomor, i ne dođe više onom koji nakupi mnogo, niti manje onom koji nakupi malo, nego svaki nakupi koliko mu je trebalo da jede.

19 I reče im Mojsije: Niko da ne ostavlja od toga za sutra.

20 Ali ne poslušaše Mojsija, nego neki ostaviše od toga za sutra, te se ucrva i usmrde. I rasrdi se Mojsije na njih.

21 Tako ga kupljahu svako jutro, svaki koliko mu trebaše za jelo; a kad sunce ogrevaše, tada se rastapaše.

22 A u šesti dan nakupiše hleba dvojinom, po dva gomora na svakog; i dođoše sve starešine od zbora, i javiše Mojsiju.

23 A on im reče: Ovo kaza Gospod: Sutra je subota, odmor svet Gospodu; šta ćete peći, pecite, i šta ćete kuvati, kuvajte danas; a šta preteče, ostavite i čuvajte za sutra.

24 I ostaviše za sutra, kao što zapovedi Mojsije, i ne usmrde se niti beše crva u njemu.

25 I reče Mojsije: Jedite to danas, jer je danas subota Gospodnja, danas nećete naći u polju.

26 Šest ćete dana kupiti, a sedmi je dan subota, tada ga neće biti.

27 I u sedmi dan iziđoše neki od naroda da kupe, ali ne nađoše.

28 A Gospod reče Mojsiju: Dokle ćete se protiviti zapovestima mojim i zakonima mojim?

29 Vidite, Gospod vam je dao subotu, zato vam daje šestog dana hleba na dva dana. Stojte svaki na svom mestu, i neka ne odlazi niko sa svog mesta u sedmi dan.

30 I počinu narod u sedmi dan.

31 I dom Izrailjev prozva taj hleb mana; a beše kao seme korijandrovo, beo, i na jeziku kao medeni kolači.

32 I reče Mojsije: Ovo je zapovedio Gospod: napuni gomor toga, neka se čuva od kolena do kolena vašeg, da vide hleb, kojim sam vas hranio u pustinji kad vas izvedoh iz zemlje misirske.

33 I reče Mojsije Aronu: Uzmi krčag i naspi pun gomor mane, i metni pred Gospoda da se čuva od kolena do kolena vašeg.

34 I ostavi ga Aron pred svedočanstvom da se čuva, kao što zapovedi Gospod Mojsiju.

35 A sinovi Izrailjevi jedoše manu četrdeset godina dok ne dođoše u zemlju u kojoj će živeti; jedoše manu dok ne dođoše na među zemlje hananske.

36 A gomor je desetina efe.

   

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8468. 'An omer a head' means the amount for each individual. This is clear from the meaning of 'an omer' as the sufficient amount, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'a head' as for each person. The reason why 'an omer' means the sufficient amount is that it was the tenth part of an ephah, as is evident from the final verse of the present chapter; and 'ten' means what is complete, 3107, so that 'a tenth part' means the sufficient amount, at this point for each individual, meant by 'a head'. 'An omer' is mentioned in the present chapter alone; the term used elsewhere is 'a homer', which was a measure that held ten ephahs, and therefore meant what was complete, as in Hosea,

I acquired an adulterous woman for fifteen [shekels] of silver, and a homer of barley and half a homer of barley. Hosea 3:2.

Here 'an adulterous woman' is used to mean the house of Israel, in the spiritual sense the Church there. Her being acquired for the full price is meant by 'fifteen [shekels] of silver' and 'a homer of barley' - 'fifteen [shekels] of silver' having reference to truth and 'a homer of barley' to good.

[2] In Ezekiel,

You shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, so that a tenth of a homer is offered for a bath, and a tenth of a homer for an ephah; your measure shall be after the homer. This is the offering which you shall offer: A sixth of an ephah from a homer of wheat, ... from the barley. And the fixed portion of oil, the bath for oil, shall be a tenth of a bath from a cor, which is ten baths to the homer; for ten baths are a homer. Ezekiel 45:10-11, 13-14.

This refers to a new earth or land and new temple, meaning the Lord's spiritual kingdom. Anyone may see that there will be no homer, ephah, bath, or cor there, and no wheat, barley, or oil either. From this it is clear that these objects mean the kinds of things that belong to that spiritual kingdom, which things, it is evident, are spiritual realities, that is, they are connected with either the good of charity or the truth of faith. 'Homer' has reference to good because it is a measure of wheat or barley, and so does 'ephah'; but 'bath' has reference to truth because it is a measure of wine. Yet being also a measure of oil, by which the good of love is meant, it says that a bath shall be the same part of a homer as an ephah is, which means in the spiritual sense that everything there will have a connection with good, and also that truth there will be good. It will also exist in full measure, for 'a homer' means what is complete.

[3] In Isaiah,

Many houses will be a ruination, large and beautiful ones, so that there is no inhabitant; for ten acres of vineyard will yield but one bath, and the sowing of a homer will yield an ephah. Isaiah 5:9-10.

Here 'ten acres' stands for complete and also for much, and so does 'a homer'; but 'a bath' and 'an ephah' stand for little. For when 'ten' means much, 'a tenth part' means little. In Moses,

If a man sanctifies to Jehovah part of a field of his possession, your valuation shall be according to its sowing; the sowing of a homer of barley [shall be valued] at fifty shekels of silver. Leviticus 27:16.

Here 'the sowing of a homer' and also 'fifty shekels' stand for the full or complete valuation. Since 'a homer' means what is complete, ten homers means at Numbers 11:32 what is in excess and superfluous.

  
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