^16:22And⁵⁹ on the sixth day they gathered twice as much food, two omers⁶⁰ per person;⁶¹ and all the leaders⁶² of the community⁶³ came and told⁶⁴ Moses.

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Footnotes

59 Heb “and it happened/was.”
60 This construction is an exception to the normal rule for the numbers 2 through 10 taking the object numbered in the plural. Here it is “two of the omer” or “the double of the omer” (see §134.e).
61 Heb “for one.”
62 The word suggests “the ones lifted up” above others, and therefore the rulers or the chiefs of the people.
63 Or “congregation” (, , , ).
64 The meaning here is probably that these leaders, the natural heads of the families in the clans, saw that people were gathering twice as much and they reported this to Moses, perhaps afraid it would stink again (U. Cassuto, Exodus, ).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

On the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers each. And when all the leaders of the congregation came and told Moses,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much—two omers for each person—and the leaders of the community came and reported this to Moses.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

On the sixth day they gathered twice as much food, four quarts apiece, and all the leaders of the community came and reported this to Moses.

NLTNew Living Translation

On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much as usual—four quarts for each person instead of two. Then all the leaders of the community came and asked Moses for an explanation.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And when it was the sixth day, they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one person, and all the leaders of the community came and told Moses.

KJV 1900King James Version

And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.

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