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 [a]lack: so every man gathered according to his eating.

19 Moses then said unto them, Let no man reserve thereof till morning.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 16:18 God is a rich feeder of all, and none can justly complain.

17 The Israelites did as they were told; some gathered much, some little. 18 And when they measured it by the omer, the one who gathered much did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little.(A) Everyone had gathered just as much as they needed.

19 Then Moses said to them, “No one is to keep any of it until morning.”(B)

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