16:19 Moses said to them, “No one 1 is to keep any of it 2 until morning.” 16:20 But they did not listen to Moses; some 3 kept part of it until morning, and it was full 4 of worms and began to stink, and Moses was angry with them.
1 tn The address now is for “man” (אִישׁ, ’ish), “each one”; here the instruction seems to be focused on the individual heads of the households.
2 tn Or “some of it,” “from it.”
3 tn Heb “men”; this usage is designed to mean “some” (see GKC 447 §138.h, n. 1).
4 tn The verb וַיָּרֻם (vayyarum) is equivalent to a passive – “it was changed” – to which “worms” is added as an accusative of result (GKC 388-89 §121.d, n. 2).