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Exodus 16:29 KJV
Exodus · chapter 16 · verse 29
See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.Exodus 16:29 · King James Version
Exodus 16:29 in context
27And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none.
28And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
29See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
30So the people rested on the seventh day.
31And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- sabbathshabbâthintermission, i.e the SabbathH7676 →
- seventhshᵉbîyʻîyseventhH7637 →
- givennâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
- sixthshishshîysixth, ord. or fractionalH8345 →
- breadlechemfood , especially bread, or grainH3899 →
- abideyâshabproperly, to sit downH3427 →
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We have here, 1. A plain intimation of the observing of a seventh day sabbath, not only before the giving of the law upon Mount Sinai, but before the bringing of Israel out of Egypt, and therefore, from the beginning, Gen 2:3.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 22-31