Exodus 16:30

30 And the people kept sabbath on the seventh day.

Exodus 16:30 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 16:30

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.

Exodus 16:30 In-Context

28 And the Lord said to Moses, How long are ye unwilling to hearken to my commands and my law?

29 See, for the Lord has given you this day the sabbath, therefore he has given you on the sixth day the bread of two days: ye shall sit each of you in your houses; let no one go forth from his place on the seventh day.

30 And the people kept sabbath on the seventh day.

31 And the children of Israel called the name of it Man; and it was as white coriander seed, and the taste of it as a wafer with honey.

32 And Moses said, This the thing which the Lord hath commanded, Fill an homer with manna, to be laid up for your generations; that they may see the bread which ye ate in the wilderness, when the Lord led you forth out of the land of Egypt.