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Exodus 16:18

When they measured it by the omer, he who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no shortfall. Each one gathered as much as he needed to eat.

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ASV

And when they measured 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.

KJV

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.

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Original language & word study

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיָּמֹ֣דּוּvai.ya.Mo.duand they measured [it]H4058 →
בָעֹ֔מֶרva.'O.merby the omerH6016 →
וְלֹ֤אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
הֶעְדִּיף֙he'.Difhe had a surplusH5736 →
הַמַּרְבֶּ֔הha.mar.Behthe [one who] made muchH7235 →
וְהַמַּמְעִ֖יטve.ha.mam.'Itand the [one who] made littleH4591 →
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808 →
הֶחְסִ֑ירhech.Sirhe had a lackH2637 →
אִ֥ישׁ'isheveryoneH376 →
לְפִֽי־le.fi-to [the] mouth ofH6310 →
אָכְל֖וֹ'a.khe.Lofood hisH400 →
לָקָֽטוּ׃la.Ka.tuthey had gatheredH3950 →

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2 Corinthians 8:15As it is written: “He who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no shortfall.”2 Corinthians 8:14–15At the present time, your surplus will meet their need, so that in turn their surplus will meet your need. Then there will be equality.Proverbs 30:8Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.Exodus 16:16This 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.’”Numbers 35:8The cities that you apportion from the territory of the Israelites should be given to the Levites in proportion to the inheritance of each tribe: more from a larger tribe and less from a smaller one.”Leviticus 5:11But if he cannot afford two turtledoves or two young pigeons, he may bring a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a sin offering. He must not put olive oil or frankincense on it, because it is a sin offering.Joshua 19:9The inheritance of the Simeonites was taken from the territory of Judah, because the share for Judah’s descendants was too large for them. So the Simeonites received an inheritance within Judah’s portion.Leviticus 7:10and every grain offering, whether dry or mixed with oil, belongs equally to all the sons of Aaron.

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The Giving of the Law on Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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