Exode 16:18

La Bible Ostervald

Et ils le mesurèrent par homer; et celui qui en recueillait beaucoup, n'en eut pas trop, et celui qui en recueillait peu, n'en manqua pas; ils en recueillirent chacun en proportion de ce qu'il mangeait.

Parallel Translations

Louis Segond (1910)
On mesurait ensuite avec l'omer; celui qui avait ramass� plus n'avait rien de trop, et celui qui avait ramass� moins n'en manquait pas. Chacun ramassait ce qu'il fallait pour sa nourriture.

La Bible David Martin (1744)
Et ils le mesuraient par Homers; et celui qui en avait recueilli beaucoup n'en avait pas plus [qu'il ne lui en fallait] ; ni celui qui en avait recueilli peu, n'en avait pas moins; mais chacun en recueillait selon ce qu'il en pouvait manger.

Darby's French Translation
Et ils mesur�rent � l'omer: et celui qui avait beaucoup, n'eut pas trop; et celui qui avait peu, n'en manqua pas; ils avaient recueilli, chacun en proportion de ce qu'il mangeait.

Bible Verse Review
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2 Corinthians 8:14, 2 Corinthians 8:15

Reciprocal: Exodus 16:16 - omer Leviticus 5:11 - the tenth part Leviticus 7:10 - one as much Numbers 35:8 - from them Joshua 19:9 - too much Proverbs 30:8 - feed Matthew 6:34 - no

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when they did mete it with an omer,.... What was gathered in; and everyone had his measure, his omer dealt out to him by those that meted or measured it:

he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; when their gatherings were put together in one heap, and each had his omer measured out to him; he that had gathered more than an omer had no more allotted to him, and he that gathered not so much as an omer, yet had a full one measured out to him: or he, that is, Moses, "did not cause him to abound" q, that gathered much, he had no more for his share than another; nor "suffer" him "to want" r that gathered little, so that they all had alike; which shows, that though there may be different exercises of grace, yet it is the same grace in all; all have alike precious faith, and an equal interest in Christ, the object of it; all are equally redeemed by his precious blood, and justified by his righteousness, and have their sins forgiven on the foot of his atonement; all have the same Christ, and the same blessings of grace, and are entitled to the same eternal glory and happiness. The apostle quotes this passage, and applies it to that equality there should be among Christians in acts of beneficence and charity, that what is wanting in the one through poverty, may be made up by the riches of others, 2 Corinthians 8:14:

they gathered every man according to his eating; according to the number of persons he had to eat of it; there always was, upon an average, some gathering more and others less, an omer gathered and distributed to every person. Jarchi takes this to be a miracle, that nothing should ever be wanting of an omer to a man; and so Aben Ezra observes, that the ancients say this is a miracle.

q העדיף "et non abundare fecit", Montanus. r לא החסיר "non minoravit", Montanus; "non defuit", Tigurine version.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Had nothing over - Whatever quantity each person had gathered, when he measured it in his tent, he found that he had just as many omers as he needed for the consumption of his family.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Exodus 16:18. He that gathered much had nothing over — Because his gathering was in proportion to the number of persons for whom he had to provide. And some having fewer, others more in family, and the gathering being in proportion to the persons who were to eat of it, therefore he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack. Probably every man gathered as much as he could; and then when brought home and measured by an omer, if he had a surplus, it went to supply the wants of some other family that had not been able to collect a sufficiency, the family being large, and the time in which the manna might be gathered, before the heat of the day, not being sufficient to collect enough for so numerous a household, several of whom might be so confined as not to be able to collect for themselves. Thus there was an equality, and in this light the words of St. Paul, 2 Corinthians 8:15, lead us to view the passage. Here the 36th verse should come in: Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.