KJV King James Version
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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Exodus 16:16
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.’”
WEB World English Bible
This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded: “Gather of it everyone according to his eating; an omer a head, according to the number of your persons, you shall take it, every man for those who are in his tent.”
ASV American Standard Version
This is the thing which Jehovah hath commanded, Gather ye of it every man according to his eating; an omer a head, according to the number of your persons, shall ye take it, every man for them that are in his tent.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
This is the thing which Jehovah hath commanded: Gather of it each according to his eating, an omer for a poll; and the number of your persons, take ye each for those in his tent.’
Surrounding context — Exodus 16
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 eat.
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.
19 And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning.
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זֶ֤הH2088 · zehthisהַדָּבָר֙H1697 · da.varwordאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichצִוָּ֣הH6680 · tsa.vahto commandיְהוָ֔הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDלִקְט֣וּH3950 · la.qatto gatherמִמֶּ֔נּוּH4480 · minfromאִ֖ישׁH376 · ishmanלְפִ֣יH6310 · pehlipאָכְל֑וֹH400 · o.khelfoodעֹ֣מֶרH6016 · o.mersheafלַגֻּלְגֹּ֗לֶתH1538 · gul.go.letheadמִסְפַּר֙H4557 · mis.parnumberנַפְשֹׁ֣תֵיכֶ֔םH5315 · ne.pheshsoulאִ֛ישׁH376 · ishmanלַאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichבְּאָהֳל֖וֹH168 · o.heltentתִּקָּֽחוּ׃H3947 · la.qachto take: take
Cross-references
Exodus 16:36Now an omer [is] the tenth [part] of an ephah.Exodus 16:18And 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.Exodus 16:32-33And Moses said, This [is] the thing which the LORD commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.
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