Exodus 16:27

27 And on the seventh day [some] of the people went out to gather, and they did not find [any].

Exodus 16:27 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 16:27

And it came to pass
Perhaps the next seventh day following:

[that] there went out [some] of the people for to gather;
to gather manna, as on other days; which they did not through want of provision or a greedy appetite, for they had bread every day, and on that day to the full, but to gratify their curiosity, or to see whether the words of Moses stood, as Aben Ezra expresses it, that is, whether what he said was true, or came to pass, that there should be none, and they should not be able to find any on that day, and so it was:

and they found none;
no manna; in the places where they used to find it in plenty on other days.

Exodus 16:27 In-Context

25 And Moses said, "Eat it today, because today is a Sabbath for Yahweh. Today you will not find it in the field.
26 Six days you will gather it, but on the seventh day, [the] Sabbath, it will not be [present] on it."
27 And on the seventh day [some] of the people went out to gather, and they did not find [any].
28 And Yahweh said to Moses, "How long do you refuse to keep my commands and my laws?
29 See, because Yahweh has given to you the Sabbath, therefore he is giving to you on the sixth day bread for two days. Stay, {each in his location}; let no one go from his place on the seventh day."
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