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16 These are the Lord’s instructions: Each household should gather as much as it needs. Pick up two quarts[a] for each person in your tent.”

17 So the people of Israel did as they were told. Some gathered a lot, some only a little. 18 But when they measured it out,[b] everyone had just enough. Those who gathered a lot had nothing left over, and those who gathered only a little had enough. Each family had just what it needed.

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Footnotes

  1. 16:16 Hebrew 1 omer [2.2 liters]; also in 16:32, 33.
  2. 16:18 Hebrew measured it with an omer.

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