Exodus 16:29
See, because the Lord has given you the Sabbath, he gives you on the sixth day bread enough for two days; let every man keep where he is; let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
28And the Lord said to Moses, How long will you go against my orders and my laws?
30So the people took their rest on the seventh day.
Cross References
Leviticus 25:21Then I will send my blessing on you in the sixth year, and the land will give fruit enough for three years.
Isaiah 58:13If you keep the Sabbath with care, not doing your business on my holy day; and if the Sabbath seems to you a delight, and the new moon of the Lord a thing to be honoured; and if you give respect to him by not doing your business, or going after your pleasure, or saying unholy words;
Matthew 24:20And say a prayer that your flight may not be in the winter, or on a Sabbath.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 16:23-32
22 And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses. 23 And he said unto them, This is that which the Lord hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the Lord : bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning. 24 And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither… Read the whole commentary →