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17 The Israelis did this, some gathering much, some little. 18 When they measured it with a vessel the capacity of which was one omer,[a] the one who gathered much did not have an excess, while the one who gathered little did not lack. They gathered exactly what each needed to eat.[b]

19 Then Moses told them, “No one is to leave any of it until morning.”

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 16:18 I.e. a vessel with a dry capacity of about two quarts
  2. Exodus 16:18 Lit. each according to his eating