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Exodus 16:26

Rest and sabbath

24 So they set it aside until morning as Moses had commanded, and it did not smell or contain any maggots.

25 “Eat it today,” Moses said, “because today is a Sabbath to the LORD. Today you will not find anything in the field.

For six days you may gather, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, it will not be there.”

27 Yet on the seventh day some of the people went out to gather, but they did not find anything.

28 Then the LORD said to Moses, “How long will you refuse to keep My commandments and instructions?

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BSB
For six days you may gather, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, it will not be there.”
KJV
Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none.
WEB
Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day is the Sabbath. In it there shall be none.”
ASV
Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day is the sabbath, in it there shall be none.
DARBY
Six days shall ye gather it; but on the seventh day is sabbath: on it there shall be none.
BLB
Six days you⁺ shall gather it, and on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will be none in it.”
ÅB
I seks dager skal dere sanke det; men på den syvende dag er det sabbat, da skal det ikke være å finne.
OTB
I seks dager skal dere samle det, men på den syvende dagen, sabbaten, vil det ikke være noe."
B1930
I seks dager skal I sanke det; men på den syvende dag er det sabbat, da skal det ikke være å finne.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Exodus 20:9–11

    Six days you shall labor and do all your work,

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  • Ezekiel 46:1

    “This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The gate of the inner court that faces east must be kept shut during the six days of work, but on the Sabbath day and on the day of the New Moon it shall be opened.

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  • Deuteronomy 5:13

    Six days you shall labor and do all your work,

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  • Luke 13:14

    But the synagogue leader was indignant that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath. “There are six days for work,” he told the crowd. “So come and be healed on those days and not on the Sabbath.”

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