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 sons of Israel saw it, they said to one another, "What is it?" For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, "It is the bread which the LORD has given you to eat.
"Then I said to them, 'What is the high place to which you go?' So its name is called Bamah to this day."'
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