Exodus 16:30

So the people did no work on the seventh day.

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In The King James Version

So the people rested on the seventh day.

In Context

29You need to understand that the Lord has given you the Sabbath, so on the sixth day he will provide you with food for two days. On the seventh day, everyone has to stay where they are—no one needs to go out.”

31The Israelites called the food manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers with honey.

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Cross References

Leviticus 23:3You have six days to work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a holy day of meeting together. Don't do any work. It is the Lord's Sabbath everywhere you live.

Hebrews 4:9So a Sabbath rest remains for God's people.

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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