Exodus 16:28

28 Then the LORD said to Moses, “How long will you[a] refuse to keep my commands and my instructions?

Exodus 16:28 in Other Translations

KJV
28 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
ESV
28 And the LORD said to Moses, "How long will you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws?
NLT
28 The LORD asked Moses, “How long will these people refuse to obey my commands and instructions?
MSG
28 God said to Moses, "How long are you going to disobey my commands and not follow my instructions?
CSB
28 Then the Lord said to Moses, "How long will you refuse to keep My commands and instructions?

Exodus 16:28 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 16:28

And the Lord said unto Moses
Who had seen and taken notice of what those men had done, who went out into the field to seek for manna on the seventh day, and was displeased with it, and therefore spoke to Moses out of the cloud:

how long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
this is not said merely with respect to their breach of the commandment of the sabbath, as if they had long refused to observe and keep that; whereas that was but one command, and but just given; but upon their breach of that, he takes occasion to upbraid them with their former transgressions of other laws of his, and which they had continued in, or at least were frequently committing; and which was a proof of their perverseness and rebellion against him, though he was so kind and bountiful to them.

Exodus 16:28 In-Context

26 Six days you are to gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will not be any.”
27 Nevertheless, some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather it, but they found none.
28 Then the LORD said to Moses, “How long will you refuse to keep my commands and my instructions?
29 Bear in mind that the LORD has given you the Sabbath; that is why on the sixth day he gives you bread for two days. Everyone is to stay where they are on the seventh day; no one is to go out.”
30 So the people rested on the seventh day.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Joshua 9:14; 2 Kings 17:14; Psalms 78:10; Psalms 106:13; Psalms 107:11; Psalms 119:1; Jeremiah 32:23

Footnotes 1

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