BAMAH (only Eze 20:29) is the ordinary word for 'high place,' but is here retained in its Hebrew form as the word 'manna' in the parallel case Ex 16:15, on account of the word-play: 'What (mah) is the ba-mah to which ye go (b
When the Israelites saw it, they asked one another, "What is it?" because they didn't know what it was. Moses told them, "It is the bread the Lord has given you to eat.
So I asked them: What is this high place you are going to? And it is called High Place to this day.
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