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It happened that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one, and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
Twice as much bread - See (Exodus 16:5).
From this passage and from (Exodus 16:5) it is inferred that the sev…
19th Century
Anglican
On the sixth day they gathered twice as much.—See the third Note on Exodus 16:5.
The rulers ... came an…
Baptist
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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16th Century
Protestant
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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:<…
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 …
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