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


In Context

14 When the dew that lay had gone, behold, on the surface of the wilderness was a small round thing, small as the frost on the ground.

15 When the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, |What is it?| For they didn't know what it was. Moses said to them, |It is the bread which Yahweh has given you to eat.|

16 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.|

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

18 When they measured it with an omer, he who gathered much had nothing over, and he who gathered little had no lack. They gathered every man according to his eating.

19 Moses said to them, |Let no one leave of it until the 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:17The Israelites did as they were told; some gathered much, some little.

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 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.