Exodus 16:26

26 Gather it six days; but on the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord, therefore it shall not be found.

Exodus 16:26 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 16:26

Six days ye shall gather it
Day after day, every morning, as they had done the six days past, so they should during their stay in the wilderness:

but on the seventh day, [which] is the sabbath;
which is repeated, being a new thing, to impress it on their minds: in it there shall be none: no manna; none shall fall, and so none can be gathered, and therefore it would be to no purpose to go out and seek for it; as also there would be no need of it, since they would always have a double portion on the sixth day.

Exodus 16:26 In-Context

24 And they did so as Moses had commanded, and it did not putrefy, neither was there worm found in it.
25 And Moses said: Eat it to day, because it is the sabbath of the Lord: to day it shall not be found in the field.
26 Gather it six days; but on the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord, therefore it shall not be found.
27 And the seventh day came; and some of the people going forth to gather, found none.
28 And the Lord said to Moses: How long will you refuse to keep my commandments, and my law?
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