Take a pot, &c.— It is probable that this command is mentioned here by way of anticipation, and that the pot of manna was not laid up before the testimony, till after the giving of the law. This pot, in which the manna was deposited, was of gold, (St. Paul tells us, Hebrews 9:4.) as were all the vessels of the sanctuary. There are disputes among the learned about the figure of this vessel. The Lexicons upon the Hebrew word say, that it signifies an urn or pot, with a wide belly, and strait pointed mouth. Reland is of opinion, that it had such a lid or cover as those pots into which they put wine; and like to those by which it is represented on some Samaritan medals, of which he gives a draft in his learned dissertation: he is of opinion, that the vessel had two handles. Before the Lord signifies the same as before the testimony; an expression which we shall have occasion to explain hereafter.
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Exodus 16:33-34
33 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations.
34 As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.