Exodus 16:28

28 And Yahweh said to Moses, "How long do you refuse to keep my commands and my laws?

Exodus 16:28 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 16:28

And the Lord said unto Moses
Who had seen and taken notice of what those men had done, who went out into the field to seek for manna on the seventh day, and was displeased with it, and therefore spoke to Moses out of the cloud:

how long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
this is not said merely with respect to their breach of the commandment of the sabbath, as if they had long refused to observe and keep that; whereas that was but one command, and but just given; but upon their breach of that, he takes occasion to upbraid them with their former transgressions of other laws of his, and which they had continued in, or at least were frequently committing; and which was a proof of their perverseness and rebellion against him, though he was so kind and bountiful to them.

Exodus 16:28 In-Context

26 Six days you will gather it, but on the seventh day, [the] Sabbath, it will not be [present] on it."
27 And on the seventh day [some] of the people went out to gather, and they did not find [any].
28 And Yahweh said to Moses, "How long do you refuse to keep my commands and my laws?
29 See, because Yahweh has given to you the Sabbath, therefore he is giving to you on the sixth day bread for two days. Stay, {each in his location}; let no one go from his place on the seventh day."
30 And the people rested on the seventh day.

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