And the people of Israel did so. They gathered, some more, some less.
The people's obedience here is not greatly praised, since many soon transgressed by gathering more than permitted or broke the Sabbath command. What actually happened: they all gathered together, and when divided equally, each received precisely his omer, so the diligent man's extra labor benefited the idle without loss to himself.
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God provides not merely what we need but what delights us: quail at evening, then manna at morning, descending with the dew. This teaches us that He gives us good things for more than bare necessity, that we may serve Him cheerfully, not grudgingly, and learn temperance by this plain and spare diet.
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Commenting on Exodus 16:13-21
Some gathered more, some less, the stronger and more diligent took in more, as different believers exercise faith in different measure and attain different degrees of grace. Yet when measured by the omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack, showing that though faith varies in degree, it is the same precious faith, and all have equal interest in Christ.
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