Exodus 16:28

28 And the Lord said to Moses, How long are ye unwilling to hearken to my commands and my law?

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 ye shall gather it, and on the seventh day is a sabbath, for there shall be none on that .

27 And it came to pass on the seventh day some of the people went forth to gather, and found none.

28 And the Lord said to Moses, How long are ye unwilling to hearken to my commands and my law?

29 See, for the Lord has given you this day the sabbath, therefore he has given you on the sixth day the bread of two days: ye shall sit each of you in your houses; let no one go forth from his place on the seventh day.

30 And the people kept sabbath on the seventh day.