Exo 16:16 | NET2full | STEP | “ 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 .’”

Exodus 16:16

16 “This is what ^{▼▼tn Heb “the thing that.”} the Lord has commanded: ^{▼▼tn The perfect tense could be taken as a definite past with Moses now reporting it. In this case a very recent past. But in declaring the word from Yahweh it could be instantaneous, and receive a present tense translation—“here and now he commands you.”} ‘Each person is to gather ^{▼▼tn The form is the plural imperative: “Gather [you] each man according to his eating.”} from it what he can eat, an omer ^{▼▼sn The omer is an amount mentioned only in this chapter, and its size is unknown, except by comparison with the ephah (v. 36). A number of recent English versions approximate the omer as “two quarts” (cf. NCV, CEV, NLT); TEV “two litres.”} per person ^{▼▼tn Heb “for a head.”} according to the number ^{▼▼tn The word “number” is an accusative that defines more precisely how much was to be gathered (see GKC 374 §118.h).} of your people; ^{▼▼tn Traditionally “souls.”} each one will pick it up ^{▼▼tn Heb “will take.”} for whoever lives ^{▼▼tn “lives” has been supplied.} in his tent.’”