And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.
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.
AI summary
Commenting on Exodus 16:13-21
And Moses said unto them,.... At the same time he gave the direction to them about gathering it, and measuring out to every man an omer: let no man leave of it until the morning; not that every man was bound to eat up the quantity distributed to him; he might give what he could not eat to those that could eat more, if there...
And when they did mete [it] with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating. (h) God richly feeds everyone, and no one can justly complain.