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15 And the Israelites[a] saw, and they said to each other,[b] “What is this?” because they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, “That is the bread that Yahweh has given to you as food. 16 This is the word that Yahweh commanded, ‘Gather from it, each according to what he can eat,[c] an omer per person[d] according to the number of you.[e] You each shall take enough for whoever is in his tent.’”

17 And the Israelites[f] did so, and they gathered, some more and some less.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 16:15 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  2. Exodus 16:15 Literally “a man to his brother”
  3. Exodus 16:16 Literally “a man for the mouth of his eating”
  4. Exodus 16:16 Literally “skull” or “head”
  5. Exodus 16:16 Or “the number of your selves”
  6. Exodus 16:17 Literally “sons/children of Israel”