'Less' in the Bible
And the {Israelites} did so, and they gathered, some more and some less.
And [when] they measured with the omer, the one gathering more had no surplus, and the one gathering less had no lack; they gathered {each according to what he could eat}.
The rich will not give more, and the poor will not give less than the half shekel to give the contribution of Yahweh to make atonement for their lives.
You will distribute the land by lot according to your clans; to the larger group you will give a larger inheritance, and to the smaller group you will give less inheritance. However the lot falls for him, there the lot will be. You will distribute it according to the tribes of your ancestors.
And the cities that you will give from the property of the {Israelites}, you will take more from the larger group and less from the smaller group; each of them will give according to the portion of their inheritance according to the portion that he inherits."
After all that has come upon us for our evil practices and for our great guilt--you, our God, have held back less than our guilt [deserved] and you have given us a remainder such as this.
{How much less} can I myself answer him? [How] can I choose my words with him,
{How much less} he who is abominable and corrupt, a man drinking wickedness like water.
{How much less} for a human being [who is] a maggot, and {a human} [who is] a worm?"
{How much less} [when] you say [that] you do not see him, that [the] case [is] {before him}, and you are waiting for him!
{Fine speech} [is] not becoming a fool, {still less} [is] {false speech} for a ruler.
Look! {When it is in perfect condition}, it will not be used for anything, {how much less} {when the fire has consumed it} and it is charred; and [then] can it be used again for anything?
{How much less} the defiant; [the] arrogant, treacherous man? He who broadens his throat like Sheol, and who, like death, is not satisfied, and who gathers to himself all the nations, and harvested for himself all the peoples, will not succeed.