Yahweh said to Moses, “How long do you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws?
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Yahweh said to Moses, “How long do you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws?
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And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
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And the LORD said unto Moses: 'How long refuse ye to keep My commandments and My laws?
Cross-references (16)
Passages linked to Exodus 16:28 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Psalms 78:10 They didn’t keep God’s covenant, and refused to walk in his law.
- 2 Kings 17:14 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 They soon forgot his works. They didn’t wait for his counsel,
- Numbers 14:11 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 worked among them?
- Psalms 78:22 because they didn’t believe in God, and didn’t trust in his salvation.
- Ezekiel 20:13 “ ‘ “But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness. They didn’t walk in my statutes, and they rejected my ordinances, which if a man keeps, he shall live in them. They greatly profaned my Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out my wrath on them in the wilderness, to consume them.
- Exodus 10:3 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 humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me.
- Numbers 20:12 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 shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.”
- Psalms 81:13-14 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 adversaries.
- Isaiah 7:9 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 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 Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long will your evil thoughts lodge within you?
- Jeremiah 9:6 Your habitation is in the middle of deceit. Through deceit, they refuse to know me,” says Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 5:6 She has rebelled against my ordinances in doing wickedness more than the nations, and against my statutes more than the countries that are around her; for they have rejected my ordinances, and as for my statutes, they have not walked in them.’
- Ezekiel 20:16 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 He answered him, “Unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to me.”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Exo 16:28 And the LORD said unto Moses, How…
Exo 16:28 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
Ver. 28. How long refuse ye.] The rulers are disgraced for the people’s unruliness.
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To keep my commandments?] For in breaking that one of the Sabbath they had broken all: the whole law is but one copulative. See Jas 2:10.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The Lord spoke unto Moses, that he might speak…
The Lord spoke unto Moses, that he might speak it to the people. He signifies that this was an old disease in them, to disobey God’s precepts, and to pollute his sabbaths.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain See, for that the Lord hath given you the…
See, for that the Lord hath given you the sabbath,.... These are either the words of Jehovah, the Angel of the Lord, out of the cloud continued; or the words of Moses to the children of Israel, upon what the Lord had said to him, and would have them observe and take notice, that whereas the Lord had given them a sabbath, or enjoined them a day of rest:
therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; wherefore they had no occasion to go out in search of manna, as well as it was a vain thing to do it; and especially as it was against a command of God, and being ungrateful in them, as there was such a provision made for them:
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abide ye every man in his place; in his tent for that day, giving himself up to religious exercises, to pray and praise, instruct his family, and in all things serve the Lord he was directed to:
let no man go out of his place on the seventh day; not beyond two thousand cubits, as the Targum of Jonathan, which is the space the Jews generally fix upon for a man to walk on a sabbath day, so far he might go and no further; and which perhaps is the same space as is called a sabbath day's journey; see Gill on Act 1:12.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain How long - The reference to Exo 16:4 is…
How long - The reference to Exo 16:4 is obvious. The prohibition involved a trial of faith, in which as usual the people were found wanting. Every miracle formed some part, so to speak, of an educational process.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 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 (28) How long refuse ye to keep my commandments…
(28) How long refuse ye to keep my commandments ?—The people had already broken one of the positive precepts with respect to the manna (see Exo_16:20); now they broke another—in the spirit, at any rate—since they would have gathered had they found anything to gather. Thus they provoked God a second time; yet was He “so merciful, that He destroyed them not,” but “turned His anger away, and did not stir up all His wrath” (Psa_78:38). Apparently He made allowance for the ordinance being a new one, to which they were not yet accustomed.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain How long refuse ye to keep my commandments! Though…
How long refuse ye to keep my commandments! Though Moses is addressed, it is the people who are blamed. Hence the plural verb, "refuse ye." Already there had been one act of disobedience in connection with the manna (see ver. 20) now there was another when would such sinful folly come to an end? When would the people learn that they could gain nothing by disobedience? It was "long" indeed before they were taught the lesson.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 General Information:
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Yahweh speaks to Moses, but the word "you" refers to the people of Israel in general.
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How long will you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws?
God used this question to scold the people because they did not obey his laws. AT: "You people still do not keep my commandments and laws!" (See: Rhetorical Question)
to keep my commandments and my laws
"to obey my commandments and my laws"
Yahweh has given you the Sabbath
Yahweh speaks about teaching people to rest on the Sabbath as if the Sabbath were a gift. AT: "I, Yahweh, have taught you to rest on the Sabbath" (See: Metaphor)
sixth day ... two days ... seventh day
"day 6 ... 2 days ... day 7" (See: Numbers)
bread
This refers to the bread that appeared as thin flakes on the ground each morning.
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