Exodus 16:17

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

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

In Context

16This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded: gather of it euery man according to his eating an Omer for a man according to the number of your persons: euery man shall take for them which are in his tent.

18And when they did measure it with an Omer, hee that had gathered much, had nothing ouer, and he that had gathered litle, had no lacke: so euery man gathered according to his eating.

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Matthew Henry on Exodus 16:14-22

Manna Rained from Heaven. ( b. c. 1491.) 13 And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host. 14 And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground. 15 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the Lord hath given you to… Read the whole commentary →

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