God’s Word Translation
Exodus 16:17
17So that is what the Israelites did. Some gathered more, some less.
Exodus 16:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.
- New International Version (NIV)The Israelites did as they were told; some gathered much, some little.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And the people of Israel did so. They gathered, some more, some less.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then the children of Israel did so and gathered, some more, some less.
Context of Exodus 16:17
15When the Israelites saw it, they asked each other, “What is this?” because they didn’t know what it was. Moses said to them, “It’s the food the Lord has given you to eat. 16This is what the Lord has commanded: Each of you should gather as much as you can eat. Take two quarts for each person in your tent.” So that is what the Israelites did. Some gathered more, some less. 18They measured it into two-quart containers. Those who had gathered more didn’t have too much. Those who had gathered less didn’t have too little. They gathered as much as they could eat. 19Then Moses said to them, “No one may keep any of it until morning.”
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וַיַּעֲשׂוּ־כֵ֖ן בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַֽיִּלְקְט֔וּ הַמַּרְבֶּ֖ה וְהַמַּמְעִֽיט׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Commentaries on Exodus 16:17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17Some more, some less - According to their respective families, an omer for a man; and according to the number of infirm persons whose wants they undertook to supply.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Some more, some less - It is evidently implied that the people were in part at least disobedient and failed in this first trial.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-21Verses 13-21 At evening the quails came up, and the people caught with ease as many as they needed. The manna came down in dew. They called it "Manna, Manhu," which means, "What is this?" "It is a portion; it is that which our God has allotted us, and we will take it, and be thankful." It was pleasant food; it was wholesome food. The manna was rained from heaven; it appeared, when the dew was gone, as a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost, like…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-36God demonstrated care for his people by providing manna and quail as food for them.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-3113-31. at even the quails came up, and covered the camp--This bird is of the gallinaceous kind [that is, relating to the order of heavy-bodied, largely terrestrial birds], resembling the red partridge, but not larger than the turtledove. They are found in certain seasons in the places through which the Israelites passed, being migratory birds, and they were probably brought to the camp by "a wind from the Lord" as on another occasion (Nu 11:31). and in…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Exodus 16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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