Exodus 16:25

And Moses said: “Eat it today, because it is the Sabbath of the Lord. Today it will not be found in the field.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

24And they did just as Moses had instructed, and it did not putrefy, nor were there any worms found in it.

26Gather for six days. But on the seventh day, it is the Sabbath of the Lord, for which reason it will not be found.”

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Cross References

Exodus 16:23And he said to them: “This is what the Lord has spoken: Tomorrow, the rest day of the Sabbath, has been sanctified to the Lord. Whatever would be done, do it now. And whatever would be cooked, cook it now. Then anything that will have been left over, store it until morning.”

Nehemiah 9:14You revealed to them your sanctified Sabbath, and you instructed them in commandments, and ceremonies, and the law, by the hand of Moses, your servant.

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 →

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