Exodus 16:23-30

Bread from Heaven

23 he said to them, "This is what the Lord has commanded: 'Tomorrow is a day of l solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to the Lord; bake what you will bake and boil what you will boil, and all that is left over lay aside to be kept till the morning.'" 24 So they laid it aside till the morning, as Moses commanded them, and m it did not stink, and there were no worms in it. 25 Moses said, "Eat it today, for l today is a Sabbath to the Lord; today you will not find it in the field. 26 Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, which is a Sabbath, there will be none."

27 On the seventh day some of the people went out to gather, but they found none. 28 And the Lord said to Moses, n "How long will you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws? 29 See! The Lord has given you the Sabbath; therefore on the sixth day he gives you bread for two days. Remain each of you in his place; let no one go out of his place on the seventh day." 30 So the people o rested on the seventh day.

  1. Cross References
    Exodus 35:2 - 3
    Six days work shall be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the Lord. Whoever does any work on it shall be put to death.
    Genesis 2:3
    So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation.
    Leviticus 23:3
    Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work. It is a Sabbath to the Lord in all your dwelling places.
    Exodus 20:8 - 11
    Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
    Exodus 31:14 - 17
    You shall keep the Sabbath, because it is holy for you. Everyone who profanes it shall be put to death. Whoever does any work on it, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
  2. Cross References
    Exodus 16:20
    But they did not listen to Moses. Some left part of it till the morning, and it bred worms and stank. And Moses was angry with them.
  3. Cross References
    Exodus 16:23
    He said to them, "This is what the Lord has commanded: 'Tomorrow is a day of solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to the Lord ; bake what you will bake and boil what you will boil, and all that is left over lay aside to be kept till the morning.'
  4. Cross References
    Psalms 78:10
    They did not keep God's covenant, but refused to walk according to his law.
    Ezekiel 20:13
    But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness. They did not walk in my statutes but rejected my rules, by which, if a person does them, he shall live; and my Sabbaths they greatly profaned. "Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them in the wilderness, to make a full end of them.
  5. Cross References
    Luke 23:56
    Then they returned and prepared spices and ointments. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.
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