'This is the thing which Jehovah has commanded' means a command regarding it received from the Divine. 'Gather from it, each according to the mouth of his eating' means receiving and making it their own, each in accordance with his own ability. 'An omer a head' means the amount for each individual. 'The number of your souls' means the amount for all in a community. 'Take it, each for whoever is in his tent' means sharing with them, and therefore a common good. 'And the children of Israel did so' means putting into effect. 'And gathered it, [each] collecting it for a large number or for a few' means receiving according to the capacity of each community. 'And they measured it with an omer' means the capacity to receive good. 'And no large number had more than enough and no few had less' means that the proportion was right for each in particular and in general. 'They gathered, each according to the mouth of his eating' means receiving, each according to his own ability.

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