17The Israelites did as they were told; some gathered much, some little.


In Context

14 When the dew was gone, thin flakes like frost on the ground appeared on the desert floor.

15 When the Israelites saw it, they said to each other, "What is it?" For they did not know what it was. Moses said to them, "It is the bread 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. Take an omer for each person you have in your tent.' "

17 The Israelites did as they were told; some gathered much, some little.

18 And when they measured it by the omer, he who gathered much did not have too much, and he who gathered little did not have too little. Each one gathered as much as he needed.

19 Then Moses said to them, "No one is to keep any of it until morning."

Exodus 16:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:17And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:17And the children of Israel did so: and they gathered, one more, another less.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:17And the children of Israel did so, and gathered some more, some less.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:17And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some much, some little.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:17And the children of Israel did so, and gathered some more, some less.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:17And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:17The children of Israel did so, and gathered some more, some less.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:17And the sons of Israel do so, and they gather, he who is gathering much, and he who is gathering little;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:17And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.