16 ¶ This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded: gather of it every man according to his eating, [a]an omer for [b]a man according to the number of your persons: every man shall take for them which are in his tent.

17 And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.

18 And when they did measure it with an omer, (A)he that had gathered much, had nothing over, and he that had gathered little, had no [c]lack: so every man gathered according to his eating.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 16:16 Which containeth about a pottle of our measure.
  2. Exodus 16:16 Hebrew, for an head.
  3. Exodus 16:18 God is a rich feeder of all, and none can justly complain.

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