King James Version
Exodus 16:19 in the King James Version says “And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 16 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning.”
Exodus 16:19 · KJV
And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.
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.
And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning.
Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with them.
And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Let no man”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“leave”
H3498to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; (intransitively) to remain or be left; causatively to leave, cause to abound, preserve
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
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