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.
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The Lord said to Moses, "How long will you refuse to keep my commandments and instructions?
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See! The Lord has given you the sabbath, therefore on the sixth day he gives you food for two days; each of you stay where you are; do not leave your place on the seventh day."
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The house of Israel called it manna; it was like coriander seed, white, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.
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Moses said, "This is what the Lord has commanded: "Let an omer of it be kept throughout your generations, in order that they may see the food with which I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.' "
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