Verse 17

Exodus 16:17

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

17 And the children of Israel did so: and they gathered, one more, another less.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יַּעֲשׂוּ כֵ֖ן בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַֽ/יִּלְקְט֔וּ הַ/מַּרְבֶּ֖ה וְ/הַ/מַּמְעִֽיט
English Translation
And the children of Israel did so, and they gathered the much and the little.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 16 Context
1 And they set forward from Elim, and all the multitude of the children of Israel came into the desert... Focus ↗
2 And all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wildernes... Focus ↗
3 And the children of Israel said to them: Would to God (Elohim) we had died by the hand of the Lord i... Focus ↗
4 And the Lord said to Moses: Behold I will rain bread from heaven for you: let the people go forth, a... Focus ↗
5 But the sixth day let them provide for to bring in: and let it be double to that they were wont to g... Focus ↗
6 And Moses and Aaron said to the children of Israel: In the evening you shall know that the Lord hath... Focus ↗
7 And in the morning you shall see the glory of the Lord: for he hath heard your murmuring against the... Focus ↗
8 And Moses said: In the evening the Lord will give you flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the... Focus ↗
9 Moses also said to Aaron: Say to the whole congregation of the children of Israel: Come before the L... Focus ↗
10 And when Aaron spoke to all the assembly of the children of Israel, they looked towards the wilderne... Focus ↗
11 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Focus ↗
12 I have heard the murmuring of the children of Israel: say to them: In the evening you shall eat fles... Focus ↗
13 So it came to pass in the evening, that quails coming up, covered the camp: and in the morning, a de... Focus ↗
14 And when it had covered the face of the earth, it appeared in the wilderness small, and as it were b... Focus ↗
15 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another: Manhu! which signifieth: What is t... Focus ↗
16 This is the word, that the Lord hath commanded: Let every one gather of it as much as is enough to e... Focus ↗
17 And the children of Israel did so: and they gathered, one more, another less.
18 And they measured by the measure of a gomor: neither had he more that had gathered more: nor did he... Focus ↗
19 And Moses said to them: Let no man leave thereof till the morning. Focus ↗
20 And they hearkened not to him, but some of them left until the morning, and it began to be full of w... Focus ↗
21 Now every one of them gathered in the morning, as much as might suffice to eat: and after the sun gr... Focus ↗
22 But on the sixth day they gathered twice as much, that is, two gomors every man: and all the rulers... Focus ↗
23 And he said to them: This is what the Lord hath spoken: To morrow is the rest of the sabbath sanctif... Focus ↗
24 And they did so as Moses had commanded, and it did not putrefy, neither was there worm found in it. Focus ↗
25 And Moses said: Eat it to day, because it is the sabbath of the Lord: to day it shall not be found i... Focus ↗
26 Gather it six days: but on the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord, therefore it shall not be fou... Focus ↗
27 And the seventh day came: and some of the people going forth to gather, found none. Focus ↗
28 And the Lord said to Moses: How long will you refuse to keep my commandments, and my law? Focus ↗
29 See that the Lord hath given you the sabbath, and for this reason on the sixth day he giveth you a d... Focus ↗
30 And the people kept the sabbath on the seventh day. Focus ↗
31 And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed white, and the... Focus ↗
32 And Moses said: This is the word, which the Lord hath commanded: Fill a gomor of it, and let it be k... Focus ↗
33 And Moses said to Aaron: Take a vessel, and put manna into it, as much as a gomor can hold: and lay... Focus ↗
34 As the Lord commanded Moses. And Aaron put it in the tabernacle to be kept. Focus ↗
35 And the children of Israel ate manna forty years, till they came to a habitable land: with this meat... Focus ↗
36 Now a gomor is the tenth part of an ephi. Focus ↗