Bible in Basic English
"And the children of Israel did so, and some took more and some less."
— Exodus 16:17, Bible in Basic English
“And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.”
And when the dew was gone, on the face of the earth was a small round thing, like small drops of ice on the earth.
And when the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, What is it? for they had no idea what it was. And Moses said to them, It is the bread which the Lord has given you for your food.
This is what the Lord has said, Let every man take up as much as he has need of; at the rate of one omer for every person, let every man take as much as is needed for his family.
And the children of Israel did so, and some took more and some less.
And when it was measured, he who had taken up much had nothing over, and he who had little had enough; every man had taken what he was able to make use of.
And Moses said to them, Let nothing be kept till the morning.
But they gave no attention to Moses, and some of them kept it till the morning and there were worms in it and it had an evil smell: and Moses was angry with them.