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Christian Standard Bible ®

Exodus 16:17

So the Israelites did this. Some gathered a lot, some a little.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Frugality;   Israel;   Manna;   Miracles;   Omer;   Sin;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Manna;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Manna;   Miracle;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Manna;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Lord's Prayer, the;   Lord's Supper, the;   Wealth;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Exodus;   Manna;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Miracles;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Exodus, Book of;   Manna;   Omer;   Weights and Measures;   Year of Jubilee;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Exodus;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Manna;   Miracles;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Manna;   Quails;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Journeyings of israel from egypt to canaan;   Manna;   Ouches;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Manna;   Weights and Measures;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Sinai;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Exodus, the Book of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Manna;   Sidra;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for August 30;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The children of Yisra'el did so, and gathered some more, some less.
King James Version
And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.
Lexham English Bible
And the Israelites did so, and they gathered, some more and some less.
New Century Version
So the people of Israel did this; some people gathered much, and some gathered little.
New English Translation
The Israelites did so, and they gathered—some more, some less.
Amplified Bible
The Israelites did so, and some gathered much [of it] and some [only a] little.
New American Standard Bible
The sons of Israel did so, and some gathered much and some little.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some lesse.
Legacy Standard Bible
And the sons of Israel did so; some gathered much and some little.
Contemporary English Version
They did as they were told. Some gathered more and some gathered less,
Complete Jewish Bible
The people of Isra'el did this. Some gathered more, some less;
Darby Translation
And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some much, some little.
Easy-to-Read Version
So that is what the Israelites did. Some people gathered a large amount, some people gathered a little.
English Standard Version
And the people of Israel did so. They gathered, some more, some less.
George Lamsa Translation
And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.
Good News Translation
The Israelites did this, some gathering more, others less.
Literal Translation
And so the sons of Israel did. And they gathered; the one gathering much and the one gathering little.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the children of Israel dyd so, and gathered some more, some lesse.
American Standard Version
And the children of Israel did so, and gathered some more, some less.
Bible in Basic English
And the children of Israel did so, and some took more and some less.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the children of Israel did euen so, and gathered some more, some lesse.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the children of Israel did so, and gathered some more, some less.
King James Version (1611)
And the children of Israel did so, and gathered some more, some lesse.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the children of Israel did so, and gathered some much and some less.
English Revised Version
And the children of Israel did so, and gathered some more, some less.
Berean Standard Bible
So the Israelites did this. Some gathered more, and some less.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the sones of Israel diden so, and thei gaderiden oon more, another lesse;
Young's Literal Translation
And the sons of Israel do so, and they gather, he who is [gathering] much, and he who is [gathering] little;
Update Bible Version
And the sons of Israel did so, and gathered some more, some less.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.
World English Bible
The children of Israel did so, and gathered some more, some less.
New King James Version
Then the children of Israel did so and gathered, some more, some less.
New Living Translation
So the people of Israel did as they were told. Some gathered a lot, some only a little.
New Life Bible
The people did so. Some gathered much and some less.
New Revised Standard
The Israelites did so, some gathering more, some less.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the sons of Israel did so, - and gathered, some more, and some less;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the children of Israel did so: and they gathered, one more, another less.
Revised Standard Version
And the people of Israel did so; they gathered, some more, some less.
THE MESSAGE
The People of Israel went to work and started gathering, some more, some less, but when they measured out what they had gathered, those who gathered more had no extra and those who gathered less weren't short—each person had gathered as much as was needed.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The sons of Israel did so, and some gathered much and some little.

Contextual Overview

13So at evening quail came and covered the camp. In the morning there was a layer of dew all around the camp. 14When the layer of dew evaporated, there were fine flakes on the desert surface, as fine as frost on the ground. 15When the Israelites saw it, they asked one another, “What is it?” because they didn’t know what it was. 16This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Gather as much of it as each person needs to eat. You may take two quarts per individual, according to the number of people each of you has in his tent.’” 17So the Israelites did this. Some gathered a lot, some a little. 18When they measured it by quarts, the person who gathered a lot had no surplus, and the person who gathered a little had no shortage. Each gathered as much as he needed to eat. 19Moses said to them, “No one is to let any of it remain until morning.” 20But they didn’t listen to Moses; some people left part of it until morning, and it bred worms and stank. Therefore Moses was angry with them. 21They gathered it every morning. Each gathered as much as he needed to eat, but when the sun grew hot, it melted.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the children of Israel did so,.... They went out of the camp in the morning when it was fallen, and gathered it; which is expressive of believers going out of the camp, leaving the world, and all behind them for Christ; and of their going out of themselves to him, and of their going in and out, and finding pasture and food for their souls in him to live upon: and gathered some more, some less; some that were more robust and strong, that were more active and diligent, gathered in more than others; which may denote the different degree and exercise of faith in God's people; some are strong in it, and others weak; some attain to a greater degree of knowledge of Christ, and receive more grace from him, and have more spiritual peace, joy, and comfort in believing, and others less; see Romans 15:1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Some more, some less - It is evidently implied that the people were in part at least disobedient and failed in this first trial.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Exodus 16:17. Some 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.


 
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