Exodus 16:16-18
King James Version
16 This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number of your persons; take ye every man for them which are in his tents.
17 And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.
18 And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.
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Exodus 16:16-18
English Standard Version
16 This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Gather of it, each one of you, as much as he can eat. You shall each take an (A)omer,[a] according to the number of the persons that each of you has in his tent.’” 17 And the people of Israel did so. They gathered, some more, some less. 18 But when they measured it with an omer, (B)whoever gathered much had nothing left over, and whoever gathered little had no lack. Each of them gathered as much as he could eat.
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- Exodus 16:16 An omer was about 2 quarts or 2 liters
Exodus 16:16-18
New King James Version
16 This is the thing which the Lord has commanded: ‘Let every man gather it (A)according to each one’s need, one (B)omer for each person, according to the number of persons; let every man take for those who are in his tent.’ ”
17 Then the children of Israel did so and gathered, some more, some less. 18 So when they measured it by omers, (C)he who gathered much had nothing left over, and he who gathered little had no lack. Every man had gathered according to each one’s need.
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