Exodus 16:27
25 “Eat it today,” Moses said, “because today is a Sabbath to the LORD. Today you will not find anything in the field.
26 For six days you may gather, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, it will not be there.”
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?
29 Understand that the LORD has given you the Sabbath; that is why on the sixth day He will give you bread for two days. On the seventh day, everyone must stay where he is; no one may leave his place.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Yet on the seventh day some of the people went out to gather, but they did not find anything.
- KJV
- And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none.
- WEB
- On the seventh day, some of the people went out to gather, and they found none.
- ASV
- And it came to pass on the seventh day, that there went out some of the people to gather, and they found none.
- DARBY
- And it came to pass on the seventh day that there went out [some] from the people to gather [it], and they found none.
- BLB
- And it came to pass on the seventh day, [that some] of the people went out to gather, and they found none.
- ÅB
- Allikevel gikk noen av folket ut den syvende dag for å sanke; men de fant intet.
- OTB
- Likevel gikk noen av folket ut på den syvende dagen for å samle det, men de fant ingenting.
- B1930
- Allikevel gikk nogen av folket ut den syvende dag for å sanke; men de fant intet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 20:4
The slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.
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