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Exodus 16:16-20

Exodus 16:16

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.’ ”

Exodus 16:17

The sons of Israel did so, and some gathered much and some little.

Exodus 16:18

When they measured it by the omer, the one who had gathered much did not have too much, and the one who had gathered little did not have too little; everyone gathered as much as he would eat.

Exodus 16:19

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

Exodus 16:20

But they did not listen to Moses, and some left part of it until morning, and it bred worms and stank; and Moses was angry with them.