Exodus 16:16-18

The Voice

¹⁶Here are His instructions: “Gather only as much of it as you should eat by yourself. Pick up two quarts^[a] of bread for each person who lives in your tent.”

¹⁷The Israelites did as they were told. Some people gathered a lot, others gathered less. ¹⁸When they used a two-quart jar to measure it, the one who had gathered a lot didn’t have more than he needed; and the one who gathered less had just what he needed.^[b] Miraculously, each person and each family—regardless of how much they gathered—had exactly what they needed.

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