Exodus 16:26

26 Gather it six days, but the seventh day is the Shabbat - on that day there won't be any."

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 They set it aside till morning, as Moshe had ordered; and it didn't rot or have worms.
25 Moshe said, "Today, eat that; because today is a Shabbat for ADONAI - today you won't find it in the field.
26 Gather it six days, but the seventh day is the Shabbat - on that day there won't be any."
27 However, on the seventh day, some of the people went out to gather and found none.
28 ADONAI said to Moshe, "How long will you refuse to observe my mitzvot and teachings?
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