Exodus 16:17

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Exodus 16:17

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Berean Standard Bible

So the Israelites did this. Some gathered more, and some less.

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

The children of Israel did so, and some gathered more, some less.

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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Berean Literal Bible

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Exodus 16

¹⁵ When the Israelites saw it, they asked one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. So Moses told them, “It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat.

¹⁶ This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Each one is to gather as much as he needs. You may take an omer for each person in your tent.’”

¹⁷ So the Israelites did this. Some gathered more, and some less.

¹⁸ When they measured it by the omer, he who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no shortfall. Each one gathered as much as he needed to eat.

¹⁹ Then Moses said to them, “No one may keep any of it until morning.”

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