Exodus 16:27

27 It happened on the seventh day, that some of the people went out to gather, and they found none.

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 Moshe said, "Eat that today, for today is a Shabbat to the LORD. Today you shall not find it in the field.
26 Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day is the Shabbat. In it there shall be none."
27 It happened on the seventh day, that some of the people went out to gather, and they found none.
28 The LORD said to Moshe, "How long do you refuse to keep my mitzvot and my laws?
29 Behold, because the LORD has given you the Shabbat, therefore he gives you on the sixth day the bread of two days. Everyone stay in his place. Let no one go out of his place on the seventh day."
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