Commentary for Yoma 149:16

כתיב (במדבר יא, ט) וברדת הטל על המחנה לילה [ירד המן עליו] וכתיב (שמות טז, ד) ויצא העם ולקטו וכתיב (במדבר יא, ח) שטו העם ולקטו הא כיצד צדיקים ירד על פתח בתיהם בינונים יצאו ולקטו רשעים שטו ולקטו

and it is written too: The people went about and gathered it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XI, 8.');">²⁷</span> How all that?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' These three statements seem incompatible with one another; according to Num. XI, 9 the manna fell into the camp; according to Ex. XVI, 4 outside thereof, whereas according to Num. XI, 8 it was so far away from the camp that the people had to go far to find it. ,udug');">²⁸</span> - Unto the righteous it fell in front of their homes; the average folk went out and gathered, whereas the wicked ones had to go about to gather it.

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