Moses said, “Eat that today, for today is a Sabbath to Yahweh. Today you shall not find it in the field. Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day is the Sabbath. In it there shall be none.” On the seventh day, some of the people went out to gather, and they found none. Yahweh said to Moses, “How long do you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws? Behold, because Yahweh has given you the Sabbath, therefore he gives you on the sixth day the bread of two days. Everyone stay in his place. Let no one go out of his place on the seventh day.” So the people rested on the seventh day.
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In the evening, quail came up and covered the camp; and in the morning the dew lay around the camp. When the dew that lay had gone, behold, on the surface of the wilderness was a small round thing, small as the frost on the ground. When the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?” For they didn’t know what it was. Moses said to them, “It is the bread which Yahweh has given you to eat. “This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded: ‘Gather of it everyone according to his eating; an omer a head, according to the number of your persons, you shall take it, every man for those who are in his tent.’ ” The children of Israel did so, and some gathered more, some less. When they measured it with an omer, he who gathered much had nothing over, and he who gathered little had no lack. They each gathered according to his eating. Moses said to them, “Let no one leave of it until the morning.” Notwithstanding they didn’t listen to Moses, but some of them left of it until the morning, so it bred worms and became foul; and Moses was angry with them. They gathered it morning by morning, everyone according to his eating. When the sun grew hot, it melted. On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one; and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses. He said to them, “This is that which Yahweh has spoken, ‘Tomorrow is a solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to Yahweh. Bake that which you want to bake, and boil that which you want to boil; and all that remains over lay up for yourselves to be kept until the morning.’ ” They laid it up until the morning, as Moses ordered, and it didn’t become foul, and there were no worms in it. Moses said, “Eat that today, for today is a Sabbath to Yahweh. Today you shall not find it in the field. Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day is the Sabbath. In it there shall be none.” On the seventh day, some of the people went out to gather, and they found none. Yahweh said to Moses, “How long do you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws? Behold, because Yahweh has given you the Sabbath, therefore he gives you on the sixth day the bread of two days. Everyone stay in his place. Let no one go out of his place on the seventh day.” So the people rested on the seventh day.
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Moses said, “Eat that today, for today is a Sabbath to Yahweh. Today you shall not find it in the field.
Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day is the Sabbath. In it there shall be none.”
On the seventh day, some of the people went out to gather, and they found none.
Yahweh said to Moses, “How long do you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws?
Behold, because Yahweh has given you the Sabbath, therefore he gives you on the sixth day the bread of two days. Everyone stay in his place. Let no one go out of his place on the seventh day.”
So the people rested on the seventh day.
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And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath unto the LORD: to day ye shall not find it in the field.
Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none.
And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none.
And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
So the people rested on the seventh day.
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And Moses said: 'Eat that to-day; for to-day is a sabbath unto the LORD; to-day ye shall not find it in the field.
Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day is the sabbath, in it there shall be none.'
And it came to pass on the seventh day, that there went out some of the people to gather, and they found none.
And the LORD said unto Moses: 'How long refuse ye to keep My commandments and My laws?
See that the LORD hath given you the sabbath; therefore He giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.'
So the people rested on the seventh day.
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Cross-references (32)
- Psalms 78:10 (v28) They didn’t keep God’s covenant, and refused to walk in his law.
- Exodus 31:13 (v29) “Speak also to the children of Israel, saying, ‘Most certainly you shall keep my Sabbaths; for it is a sign between me and you throughout…
- Isaiah 58:13-14 (v29) “If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, and the holy of…
- Exodus 16:23 (v25) He said to them, “This is that which Yahweh has spoken, ‘Tomorrow is a solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to Yahweh. Bake that which you want to…
- Exodus 20:9-11 (v26) You shall labor six days, and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God. You shall not do any work in it, you,…
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- 2 Kings 17:14 (v28) Notwithstanding, they would not listen, but hardened their neck, like the neck of their fathers, who didn’t believe in Yahweh their God.
- Psalms 106:13 (v28) They soon forgot his works. They didn’t wait for his counsel,
- Ezekiel 20:12 (v29) Moreover also I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.
- Nehemiah 9:14 (vv25, 29) and made known to them your holy Sabbath, and commanded them commandments, statutes, and a law, by Moses your servant,
- Exodus 16:29 (v25) Behold, because Yahweh has given you the Sabbath, therefore he gives you on the sixth day the bread of two days. Everyone stay in his…
- Numbers 14:11 (v28) Yahweh said to Moses, “How long will this people despise me? and how long will they not believe in me, for all the signs which I have…
- Deuteronomy 5:13 (v26) You shall labor six days, and do all your work;
- Psalms 78:22 (v28) because they didn’t believe in God, and didn’t trust in his salvation.
- Ezekiel 20:13 (v28) “ ‘ “But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness. They didn’t walk in my statutes, and they rejected my ordinances, which…
- Ezekiel 46:1 (v26) “ ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “The gate of the inner court that looks toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the Sabbath day…
- Luke 23:56 (v29) They returned and prepared spices and ointments. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.
- Exodus 10:3 (v28) Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and said to him, “This is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to…
- Leviticus 23:3 (v30) “ ‘Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation; you shall do no kind of work. It is…
- Numbers 20:12 (v28) Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you didn’t believe in me, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you…
- Deuteronomy 5:12-14 (v30) “Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as Yahweh your God commanded you. You shall labor six days, and do all your work; but the…
- Psalms 81:13-14 (v28) Oh that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways! I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn my hand against their…
- Proverbs 20:4 (v27) The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
- Isaiah 7:9 (v28) The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If you will not believe, surely you shall not be established.’ ”
- Isaiah 7:13 (v28) He said, “Listen now, house of David. Is it not enough for you to try the patience of men, that you will try the patience of my God also?
- Jeremiah 4:14 (v28) Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long will your evil thoughts lodge within you?
- Jeremiah 9:6 (v28) Your habitation is in the middle of deceit. Through deceit, they refuse to know me,” says Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 5:6 (v28) She has rebelled against my ordinances in doing wickedness more than the nations, and against my statutes more than the countries that are…
- Ezekiel 20:16 (v28) because they rejected my ordinances, and didn’t walk in my statutes, and profaned my Sabbaths; for their heart went after their idols.
- Mark 9:19 (v28) He answered him, “Unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to me.”
- Luke 13:14 (v26) The ruler of the synagogue, being indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the multitude, “There are six days in which…
- Hebrews 4:9 (v30) There remains therefore a Sabbath rest for the people of God.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv25, 27 God took away the occasion from their labor, to…
God took away the occasion from their labor, to signify how holy he would have the Sabbath kept.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv25–30 Exo 16:25 And Moses said, Eat that to day;…
Exo 16:25 And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day [is] a sabbath unto the LORD: to day ye shall not find it in the field.
Ver. 25. Eat that to day.] So shall those that labour in the Lord rest and feast in heaven. Thus the Rabbis moralise it.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv25, 28, 29, 30 These words were spoken upon the morning of the…
These words were spoken upon the morning of the sabbath day, as appears from the foregoing verse.
A sabbath unto the Lord, i.e. wholly consecrated to his service, and therefore not to be employed in servile works.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv25–30 Six days ye shall gather it,.... Day after day,…
Six days ye shall gather it,.... Day after day, every morning, as they had done the six days past, so they should during their stay in the wilderness:
but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath; which is repeated, being a new thing, to impress it on their minds: in it there shall be none: no manna; none shall fall, and so none can be gathered, and therefore it would be to no purpose to go out and seek for it; as also there would be no need of it, since they would always have a double portion on the sixth day.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On v29 Verse 29. Abide ye every man in his place]…
Verse 29. Abide ye every man in his place] Neither go out to seek manna nor for any other purpose; rest at home and devote your time to religious exercises. Several of the Jews understood by place in the text, the camp, and have generally supposed that no man should go out of the place, i.e., the city, town, or village in which he resides, any farther than one thousand cubits, about an English mile, which also is called a Sabbath day's journey, Ac 1:12; and so many cubits they consider the space round the city that constitutes its suburbs, which they draw from Nu 35:3-4. Some of the Jews have carried the rigorous observance of the letter of this law to such a length, that in whatever posture they find themselves on the Sabbath morning when they awake, they continue in the same during the day; or should they be up and happen to fall, they refuse even to rise till the Sabbath be ended! Mr. Stapleton tells a story of one Rabbi Solomon, who fell into a slough on the Jewish Sabbath, Saturday, and refused to be pulled out, giving his reason in the following Leonine couplet: -
Sabbatha sancta colo De stereore surgere nolo.
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"Out of this slough I will not rise
For holy Sabbath day I prize."
The Christians, finding him thus disposed determined he should honour their Sabbath in the same place, and actually kept the poor man in the slough all Sunday, giving their reasons in nearly the same way: -
Sabbatha nostra quidem, Solomon, celebrabis ibidem.
"In the same slough, thou stubborn Jew,
Our Sabbath day thou shalt spend too."
This might have served to convince him of his folly, but certainly was not the likeliest way to convert him to Christianity.
FABYAN, in his Chronicles, tells the following story of a case of this kind. "In this yere also (1259) fell that happe of the Iewe of Tewkysbury, which fell into a gonge upon the Satyrday, and wolde not for reverence of his sabbot day be pluckyd out; whereof heryng the Erle of Gloucetyr, that the Iewe dyd so great reverence to his sabbot daye, thought he wolde doo as moche unto his holy day, which was Sonday, and so kepte hym there tyll Monday, at whiche season he was foundyn dede." Then the earl of Gloucester murdered the poor man.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On v29 Exo 16:29. The Lord hath given you the sabbath…
Exo 16:29. The Lord hath given you the sabbath — Hath granted to you and to your fathers the great privilege of it, and the command to observe it. Let no man go out of his place — Out of his house or tent into the field to gather manna, as appears from the occasion and reason of the precept here before mentioned. For otherwise, they might and ought to go out of their houses to the public assemblies, Lev 23:3; Act 15:21; and to lead their cattle to watering, or to help them out of a pit, Luk 13:15; and a sabbath day’s journey was permitted, Act 1:12.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On vv25, 27, 28, 29 Eat that today - The practical observance of the…
Eat that today - The practical observance of the Sabbath was thus formally instituted before the giving of the law. The people were to abstain from the ordinary work of every day life: they were not to collect food, nor, as it would seem, even to prepare it as on other days.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv27, 29
CHAPTER XVI.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On v25 25. To-day is a sabbath — In three ways…
25. To-day is a sabbath — In three ways the sanctity of the sabbath was marked in this miracle. There was a double quantity on the sixth day, there was none on the seventh day, and that gathered on the sixth did not putrefy on the seventh.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv28–30 28. How long, &c.] Cf. the similarly introduced reproachful…
28. How long, &c.] Cf. the similarly introduced reproachful question, Num_14:11 (J); also Jos_18:3.
my commandments and my laws] There has been no mention before the present chapter of the Israelites’ refusal to obey Jehovah’s commands. But P’s account of the manna probably stood originally (see p. 144) at a later point of the narrative.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv25, 28, 29 (25) To day is a sabbath.—That is to say,…
(25) To day is a sabbath.—That is to say, a rest By these words the Sabbath was either instituted, or re-instituted, and became thenceforth binding on the Israelites. Its essential character of a weekly “rest” was at once assigned to it—(1) by its name; (2) by God’s resting on it from His self-imposed task of giving the manna; and (3) by the rest which the absence of manna on the seventh day imposed on the people. Thus the way was prepared for the stringent law of Sabbath observance laid down in the fourth commandment.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv25, 27, 28, 29, 30 Vers. 25, 26. And Moses said. The Sabbath being…
Vers. 25, 26. And Moses said. The Sabbath being come, Moses explained fully the reason for the order which he had given, and generalized it. God required the Sabbath to be "a day of holy rest no manna would fall on it, and therefore none could be gathered the produce of the sixth day"s gathering would be found to suffice both for the sixth day and the seventh.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv26, 28 but the seventh day
but the seventh day
"but on day seven" (See: Numbers)
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manna
This was the name the Israelites gave to the bread that Yahweh caused to appear for them each morning.
they found none
"they did not find any manna"
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manna
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