Exodus 16:30
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.”
So the people rested on the seventh day.
31 Now the house of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey.
32 Moses said, “This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Keep an omer of manna for the generations to come, so that they may see the bread I fed you in the wilderness when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’”
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
- So the people rested on the seventh day.
- KJV
- So the people rested on the seventh day.
- WEB
- So the people rested on the seventh day.
- ASV
- So the people rested on the seventh day.
- DARBY
- And the people rested on the seventh day.
- BLB
- And the people rested on the seventh day.
- ÅB
- Så hvilte folket på den syvende dag.
- OTB
- Således holdt folket hviledag på den syvende dagen.
- B1930
- Så hvilte folket på den syvende dag.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 5:12–14
Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you.
Read in contextHebrews 4:9
There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God.
Read in contextLeviticus 23:3
For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a day of sacred assembly. You must not do any work; wherever you live, it is a Sabbath to the LORD.
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