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16 This is what the Lord has commanded: All of them are to gather as much of it as they need to eat. You are to take an omer[a] per person based on the number of people each of you has in your tents.”

17 The Israelites did this, and some gathered more, some less. 18 When they measured it with an omer, the one who gathered more did not have too much, and the one who gathered less did not have too little. All of them gathered as much as they needed to eat.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 16:16 An omer is a container that holds approximately two quarts. Since the term here means both the container and the amount that it holds, and an omer is compared with an ephah, another ancient measurement, the translation retains the Hebrew term rather than converting it to a present-day measurement. See verse 36.