Exodus 16:17

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 sons of Israel saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, “It is the bread which the Lord has given you to eat. 16This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Everyone gather as much as he will eat; you shall take an omer apiece according to the number of people each of you has in his tent.’” The sons of Israel did so, and some gathered much and some little. 18When they measured it by the omer, the one who had gathered much did not have too much, and the one who had gathered little did not have too little; everyone gathered as much as he would eat. 19Moses said to them, “No one is to leave any of it until morning.”

Exodus 16:17 word by word

וַיַּעֲשׂוּ־כֵ֖ן בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַֽיִּלְקְט֔וּ הַמַּרְבֶּ֖ה וְהַמַּמְעִֽיט׃Read the interlinear

• The sonsבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• didעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• soכֵּןkên · soH3651
• gatheredלָקַטlâqaţ · to gatherH3950
• muchרָבָהrâbâh · to multiplyH7235
• littleמָעַטmâ‛aţ · to diminishH4591

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

Topics related to Exodus 16:17

• Frugality
• Israel
• Manna
• Miracles
• Omer
• Sin

In the dictionaries

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• Children of Israel
• Ashamed
• Exodus
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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