An omer is one-tenth of an ephah. The closing verse is a unit of measurement — the narrator defines the omer for readers who may not know it. The attention to practical detail, even at the end of a chapter dense with theological content, is characteristic of Exodus. The God who provides daily bread is also the God who specified the portion size, the gathering window, the Sabbath exception, and the long-term preservation. The precision extends to the measurement: one-tenth of an ephah, approximately two liters. The God of Israel is not a God of vague spiritual provision but of specific, measurable, daily bread. Lamentations 3:22–23 says because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. The manna that was new every morning is the visible form of the faithfulness that Lamentations celebrates.

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