This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Gather as much of it as each of you needs, an omer to a person according to the number of persons, all providing for those in their own tents.’ ”
Exodus 16:17 - New Revised Standard Version The Israelites did so, some gathering more, some less. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The [people] did so, and gathered, some more, some less. American Standard Version (1901) And the children of Israel did so, and gathered some more, some less. Common English Bible The Israelites did as Moses said, some collecting more, some less. Catholic Public Domain Version And the sons of Israel did so. And they collected: some more, others less. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the children of Israel did so: and they gathered, one more, another less. |
This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Gather as much of it as each of you needs, an omer to a person according to the number of persons, all providing for those in their own tents.’ ”
But when they measured it with an omer, those who gathered much had nothing over, and those who gathered little had no shortage; they gathered as much as each of them needed.