So the people rested on the seventh day. ] Did not attempt to go out of their tents in quest of manna, as on other days, and observed it as a day of rest from labour, and so they continued to do in successive generations.
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Exodus 16:30 In-Context
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Then the Lord said to Moses, "How long will you refuse to keep My commands and instructions?
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Understand that the Lord has given you the Sabbath; therefore on the sixth day He will give you two days' worth of bread. Each of you stay where you are; no one is to leave his place on the seventh day."
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The house of Israel named the substance manna. It resembled coriander seed, was white, and tasted like wafers [made] with honey.
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Moses said, "This is what the Lord has commanded: 'Two quarts of it are to be preserved throughout your generations, so that they may see the bread I fed you in the wilderness when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.' "