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Exodus 16:25

Exodus 16:25
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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Six days ye shall gather it,.... Day after day, every morning, as they had done the six days past, so they should during their stay in the wilderness:

but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath;…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Eat that today - The practical observance of the Sabbath was thus formally instituted before the giving of the law. The people were to abstain from the ordinary work of every day life: they were not…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Exodus 16:22-31

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,…

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