THEOSISTheodoret of Cyrus
Gomor, as mentioned in Exodus 16:16, represents a measure in Hebrew culture. The lawgiver indicates that it equates to one-tenth of three measures, while Josephus noted that it comprises three and a half Attic kotila.
Exodus 16:36Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Now a gomor is the tenth part of an ephi.
וְהָעֹ֕מֶר עֲשִׂרִ֥ית הָאֵיפָ֖ה הֽוּא׃
The Church Fathers on this verse
2 Church Fathers comment on this verse
Clement of Alexandria
In the command to preserve the heavenly and divine sustenance in a golden vessel and offer it to God, it was stated: "And the homor is the tenth part of three measures." This signifies that within ourselves, we possess three measures, corresponding to three faculties of understanding: sensation for sensory experiences, words for expressions, names, and discourse, and reason for contemplative matters.
Cross references
Passages read together with this verse.
- Ex 16:16This is the word that the Lord hath commanded: Let every one gather of it as much as is enough to eat; a gomor for every man, according to the number of your souls that dwell in a tent, so shall you take of it.
- Ex 16:32And Moses said: This is the word which the Lord hath commanded: Fill a gomor of it, and let it be kept unto generations to come hereafter; that they may know the bread, wherewith I fed you in the wilderness when you were brought forth out of the land of Egypt.
- Ex 16:33And Moses said to Aaron: Take a vessel, and put manna into it, as much as a gomor can hold; and lay it up before the Lord, to keep unto your generations,