So Moses said to Aaron: take a jar and put an omer of manna in it. Then place it before the Lord to be kept for the generations to come. Aaron is given the task of preserving the manna — the high priest becomes the keeper of the physical testimony to God's provision. The placement before the Lord mirrors the placement of other sacred objects in the tabernacle's presence. The before the Lord phrase is a covenantal designation: this object belongs in the sphere of divine presence. Leviticus 24:3–4 describes the bread of the Presence kept before the Lord continuously — the preserved manna anticipates the continual bread offering that will be part of tabernacle worship. Both the manna jar and the bread of the Presence testify to the same truth: the God who is present provides for those in His presence.

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