Exodus 16:27

27 Nevertheless, some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather it, but they found none.

Exodus 16:27 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
27 And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none.
English Standard Version (ESV)
27 On the seventh day some of the people went out to gather, but they found none.
New Living Translation (NLT)
27 Some of the people went out anyway on the seventh day, but they found no food.
The Message Bible (MSG)
27 On the seventh day, some of the people went out to gather anyway but they didn't find anything.
American Standard Version (ASV)
27 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that there went out some of the people to gather, and they found none.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
27 On the seventh day some people went out to gather food, but they didn't find any.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
27 Yet on the seventh day some of the people went out to gather, but they did not find any.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
27 In spite of what Moses said, some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather the flakes. But they didn't 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 “Eat it today,” Moses said, “because today is a sabbath to the LORD. You will not find any of it on the ground today.
26 Six days you are to gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will not be any.”
27 Nevertheless, some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather it, but they found none.
28 Then the LORD said to Moses, “How long will you refuse to keep my commands and my instructions?
29 Bear in mind that the LORD has given you the Sabbath; that is why on the sixth day he gives you bread for two days. Everyone is to stay where they are on the seventh day; no one is to go out.”
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