Exodus 16:25

25 And Moses said, Eat to-day, for to-day is a sabbath to the Lord: shall not be found in the plain.

Exodus 16:25 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 16:25

And Moses said, eat that today
That is, he said this on the seventh day in the morning, and bid them eat of it whether baked or seethed, or as it was, or just as they pleased; however, they had liberty to eat of it, and indeed they had no other, because none fell on this day:

for today is a sabbath unto the Lord;
a time of rest from labour, and to be employed in the service of the Lord:

today ye shall not find it in the field:
should they seek for it, which they had no occasion to do, since there was a sufficiency provided the day before; and this he said to prevent their going out to seek for it, which, if out of curiosity or for any other reason any of them should do, it would be in vain and fruitless.

Exodus 16:25 In-Context

23 And Moses said to them, Is not this the word which the Lord spoke? To-morrow the sabbath, a holy rest to the Lord: bake that ye will bake, and seethe that ye will seethe, and all that is over leave to be laid by for the morrow.

24 And they left of it till the morning, as Moses commanded them; and it stank not, neither was there a worm in it.

25 And Moses said, Eat to-day, for to-day is a sabbath to the Lord: shall not be found in the plain.

26 Six days ye shall gather it, and on the seventh day is a sabbath, for there shall be none on that .

27 And it came to pass on the seventh day some of the people went forth to gather, and found none.