Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Everyone is to gather as much as they need. Take an omer for each person you have in your tent.’” New Living Translation These are the LORD’s instructions: Each household should gather as much as it needs. Pick up two quarts for each person in your tent.” English Standard Version This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Gather of it, each one of you, as much as he can eat. You shall each take an omer, according to the number of the persons that each of you has in his tent.’” Berean Standard Bible This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Each one is to gather as much as he needs. You may take an omer for each person in your tent.’ ” King James Bible This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number of your persons; take ye every man for them which are in his tents. New King James Version This is the thing which the LORD has commanded: ‘Let every man gather it according to each one’s need, one omer for each person, according to the number of persons; let every man take for those who are in his tent.’ ” New American Standard Bible This 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.’” NASB 1995 “This is what the LORD has commanded, ‘Gather of it every man as much as he should eat; you shall take an omer apiece according to the number of persons each of you has in his tent.’” NASB 1977 “This is what the LORD has commanded, ‘Gather of it every man as much as he should eat; you shall take an omer apiece according to the number of persons each of you has in his tent.’” Legacy Standard Bible This is what Yahweh has commanded, ‘Gather of it every man as much as he should eat; you shall take an omer apiece according to the number of persons each of you has in his tent.’” Amplified Bible This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Let every man gather as much of it as he needs. Take an omer for each person, according to the number of people each of you has in his tent.’” Christian Standard Bible This 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.’ ” Holman Christian Standard Bible This 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.’” American Standard Version This is the thing which Jehovah hath commanded, Gather ye of it every man according to his eating; an omer a head, according to the number of your persons, shall ye take it, every man for them that are in his tent. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And this statement LORD JEHOVAH was commanding: a man is to gather from it a sufficiency for his consumption, a measure to a head, the number of your souls; you will take, each man, for one who is in his tent. Brenton Septuagint Translation This is the bread which the Lord has given you to eat. This is that which the Lord has appointed: gather of it each man for his family, a homer for each person, according to the number of your souls, gather each of you with his fellow-lodgers. Contemporary English Version And he orders you to gather about two liters for each person in your family--that should be more than enough." Douay-Rheims Bible This is the word, that the Lord hath commanded: Let every one gather of it as much as is enough to eat: a gomor for every man, according to the number of your souls that dwell in a tent, so shall you take of it. English Revised Version This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather ye of it every man according to his eating; an omer a head, according to the number of your persons, shall ye take it, every man for them which are in his tent. GOD'S WORD® Translation This 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." Good News Translation The LORD has commanded that each of you is to gather as much of it as he needs, two quarts for each member of his household." International Standard Version This is what the LORD has commanded: 'You are to gather from it what each person is to eat, about one omer per person according to the number of your people, and one person is to gather for everyone in his tent.'" JPS Tanakh 1917 This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded: Gather ye of it every man according to his eating; an omer a head, according to the number of your persons, shall ye take it, every man for them that are in his tent.' Literal Standard Version This [is] the thing which YHWH has commanded: Gather of it, each according to his eating, an omer for the counted head; and the number of your persons, take, each, for those in his tent.” Majority Standard Bible This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Each one is to gather as much as he needs. You may take an omer for each person in your tent.’” New American Bible “Now, this is what the LORD has commanded. Gather as much of it as each needs to eat, an omer for each person for as many of you as there are, each of you providing for those in your own tent.” NET Bible "This is what the LORD has commanded: 'Each person is to gather from it what he can eat, an omer per person according to the number of your people; each one will pick it up for whoever lives in his tent.'" New Revised Standard Version This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Gather as much of it as each of you needs, an omer to a person according to the number of persons, all providing for those in their own tents.’” New Heart English Bible This is the thing which the LORD has commanded: "Gather of it everyone according to his eating; an omer a head, according to the number of your persons, you shall take it, every man for those who are in his tent." Webster's Bible Translation This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating: an omer for every man according to the number of your persons, take ye every man for them who are in his tents. World English Bible This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded: ‘Gather of it everyone according to his eating; an omer a head, according to the number of your persons, you shall take it, every man for those who are in his tent.’” Young's Literal Translation This is the thing which Jehovah hath commanded: Gather of it each according to his eating, an omer for a poll; and the number of your persons, take ye each for those in his tent.' Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Manna and Quail from Heaven…15When the Israelites saw it, they asked one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. So Moses told them, “It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat. 16This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Each one is to gather as much as he needs. You may take an omer for each person in your tent.’” 17So the Israelites did this. Some gathered more, and some less.… Cross References Exodus 16:17 So the Israelites did this. Some gathered more, and some less. Exodus 16:32 Moses said, "This is what the LORD has commanded: 'Keep an omer of manna for the generations to come, so that they may see the bread I fed you in the wilderness when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.'" Exodus 16:36 (Now an omer is a tenth of an ephah.) Treasury of Scripture This is the thing which the LORD has commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number of your persons; take you every man for them which are in his tents. omer Exodus 16:18,33,36 And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating… for every man. Jump to Previous Apiece Commanded Eat Eating Family Gather Head Need Needed Needs Omer Persons Tent TentsJump to Next Apiece Commanded Eat Eating Family Gather Head Need Needed Needs Omer Persons Tent TentsExodus 16 1. The Israelites come to Sin, and murmur for want of bread4. God promises them bread and meat from heaven, and they are rebuked 13. Quail and manna are sent 16. The ordering of manna 25. It was not to be found on the Sabbath 32. An omer of it is preserved (16) Every man according to his eating.--Comp. Exodus 12:4. Each man was to gather according to his immediate need and that of his family. No one was to seek to accumulate a store. An omer-About three pints English. For every man.--Literally, for every head. As families would average four members, each man would have to gather, on an average, six quarts. If even 500,000 men gathered this amount, the daily supply must have been 93,500 bushels. His tents.--Heb., his tent. Verse 16. - An omer for every man. According to Kalisch, the omer is about two quarts (English): but this estimate is probably in excess. Josephus makes the measure one equal to six cotyles, which would be about a quart and a half, or three pints. In his tents. Rather, "in his tent."Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Thisזֶ֤ה (zeh) Pronoun - masculine singular Strong's 2088: This, that is what אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that the LORD יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel has commanded: צִוָּ֣ה (ṣiw·wāh) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order ‘Each one אִ֖ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person is to gather לִקְט֣וּ (liq·ṭū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 3950: To pick up, to gather, to glean as much מִמֶּ֔נּוּ (mim·men·nū) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of as לְפִ֣י (lə·p̄î) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to he needs. אָכְל֑וֹ (’ā·ḵə·lōw) Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 400: Food You may take תִּקָּֽחוּ׃ (tiq·qā·ḥū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 3947: To take an omer עֹ֣מֶר (‘ō·mer) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6016: A heap, a sheaf, an omer (dry measure) for each לַגֻּלְגֹּ֗לֶת (lag·gul·gō·leṯ) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 1538: A skull, head, poll (of persons) person נַפְשֹׁ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם (nap̄·šō·ṯê·ḵem) Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion in your tent.’” בְּאָהֳל֖וֹ (bə·’ā·ho·lōw) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 168: A tent Links Exodus 16:16 NIVExodus 16:16 NLT Exodus 16:16 ESV Exodus 16:16 NASB Exodus 16:16 KJV Exodus 16:16 BibleApps.com Exodus 16:16 Biblia Paralela Exodus 16:16 Chinese Bible Exodus 16:16 French Bible Exodus 16:16 Catholic Bible OT Law: Exodus 16:16 This is the thing which Yahweh has (Exo. 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