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The Ancient Sabbath
Commentators see this event as strong evidence that the Sabbath was not a new law from Sinai, but an ancient institution known since creation. The special provision of manna for the seventh day reaffirmed a pre-existing principle of a day set apart for God, as noted by scholars like Barnes and Henry.
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Exodus
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Albert Barnes
On Exodus 16:22
18th Century
Theologian
Twice as much bread - See (Exodus 16:5).
From this passage and from (Exodus 16:5) it is inferred that the sev…
Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 16:22
19th Century
Bishop
On the sixth day they gathered twice as much.—See the third Note on Exodus 16:5.
The rulers ... came an…
Charles Spurgeon
On Exodus 16:19–22
19th Century
Preacher
He had told them that it would be so, but they evidently did not accept the message that he had delivered to them as the very Word of Jehovah their…
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John Calvin
On Exodus 16:22
16th Century
Theologian
And it came to pass on the sixth day. The violation of the Sabbath is not yet narrated, but only the stupidity or dense ignorance of their…
John Gill
On Exodus 16:22
17th Century
Pastor
And it came to pass, that on the sixth day
Of the week, or from the first raining of the manna, which was the same:<…
Matthew Henry
On Exodus 16:22–31
17th Century
Minister
Mention is made here of a seventh-day sabbath. It was known not only before the giving of the law upon Mount Sinai but also before the bringing of …