Exodus 16:22
in Exodus 16On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much food—two omers per person—and all the leaders of the congregation came and reported this to Moses.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.
KJV
And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.
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This verse in Exodus 16
Commentary
6 notes on this verseOn the sixth day they gathered twice as much - This they did that they might have a provision for the Sabbath, for on that day no manna fell, Exo 16:26, Exo 16:27. What a convincing miracle was this! No manna fell on the Sabbath! Had it been a natural production it would have fallen on the Sabbath as at other times; and had there not been a supernatural influence to keep it sweet and pure, it would have been corrupted on the Sabbath as well as on other days.
This site's exposition
they gathered it every morning
on Exodus 16:21-22
The window is short, since what is left on the ground when the sun waxes hot melts away. On the sixth day twice as much comes up and the rulers of the congregation come and tell Moses about it, which means the people had not been told what God said to him at verse 5. The double portion arrives before anyone knows what it is for.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And it came to pass, that on the sixth day,....
The setting apart of one day in seven for holy work, and, in order to that, for holy rest, was a divine appointment ever since God created man upon the earth, and the most ancient of positive laws. The way of sabbath-sanctification is the good old way.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Though it may be exhaled by the heat and afterwards fall with the dew, it is a medicine, not food--it is well known to the natives of the desert, while the Israelites were strangers to theirs; and in taste as well as in the appearance of double quantity on Friday, none on Sabbath, and in not breeding worms, it is essentially different from the manna furnished to the Israelites.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Twice as much bread - See Exo 16:5. From this passage and from Exo 16:5 it is inferred that the seventh day was previously known to the people as a day separate from all others, and if so, it must have been observed as an ancient and primeval institution.
The words behind it
15 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְהִ֣י׀ | vayhi | and it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| בַּיּ֣וֹם | baiyom | on the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַשִּׁשִּׁ֗י | hashishi | <the> sixth | H8345 → | 28 times |
| לָֽקְט֥וּ | laketu | they gathered | H3950 → | 37 times |
| לֶ֙חֶם֙ | lechem | bread of | H3899 → | 298 times |
| מִשְׁנֶ֔ה | mishneh | double | H4932 → | |
| שְׁנֵ֥י | shenei | <the> two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| הָעֹ֖מֶר | haomer | <the> omer[s] | H6016 → | 14 times |
| לָאֶחָ֑ד | laechad | for the one | H259 → | 971 times |
| וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ | vaiyavou | and they came | H935 → | 2568 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| נְשִׂיאֵ֣י | nesiei | [the] leaders of | H5387 → | 134 times |
| הָֽעֵדָ֔ה | haedah | the congregation | H5712 → | 149 times |
| וַיַּגִּ֖ידוּ | vaiyagidu | and they told | H5046 → | 370 times |
| לְמֹשֶֽׁה׃ | lemosheh | to Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
וַיְהִ֣י׀and it was
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
בַּיּ֣וֹםon the day
baiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַשִּׁשִּׁ֗י<the> sixth
hashishiH8345 →28 times
לָֽקְט֥וּthey gathered
laketuH3950 →37 times
לֶ֙חֶם֙bread of
lechemH3899 →298 times
מִשְׁנֶ֔הdouble
mishnehH4932 →
שְׁנֵ֥י<the> two
sheneiH8147 →768 times
הָעֹ֖מֶר<the> omer[s]
haomerH6016 →14 times
לָאֶחָ֑דfor the one
laechadH259 →971 times
וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙and they came
vaiyavouH935 →2568 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
נְשִׂיאֵ֣י[the] leaders of
nesieiH5387 →134 times
הָֽעֵדָ֔הthe congregation
haedahH5712 →149 times
וַיַּגִּ֖ידוּand they told
vaiyagiduH5046 →370 times
לְמֹשֶֽׁה׃to Moses
lemoshehH4872 →765 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Exodus 16:16This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Each one is to gather as much as he needs. You may take an omer for each person in your tent.’”
it leads to
- Exodus 16:36
(Now an omer is a tenth of an ephah.)
- Exodus 16:18
When they measured it by the omer, he who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no shortfall. Each one gathered as much as he needed to eat.
- Exodus 16:36
Through
Exodus 16:5Then on the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring in, it will be twice as much as they gather on the other days.”
it leads to
- Exodus 16:22–23
On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much food—two omers per person—and all the leaders of the congregation came and reported this to Moses.
- Leviticus 25:21–22
But I will send My blessing upon you in the sixth year, so that the land will yield a crop sufficient for three years.
- Exodus 35:2–3
For six days work may be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on that day must be put…
- Exodus 16:22–23
Through
Leviticus 25:12For it is a Jubilee; it shall be holy to you. You may eat only the crops taken directly from the field.
it leads to
- Leviticus 25:6–7
Whatever the land yields during the Sabbath year shall be food for you—for yourself, your manservant and maidservant, the hired hand or foreigner who stays with you,
- Leviticus 25:6–7
Through
Leviticus 25:22While you are sowing in the eighth year, you will be eating from the previous harvest, until the ninth year’s harvest comes in.
it leads to
- 2 Kings 19:29
And this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what springs from the same. But in the third…
- 2 Kings 19:29
Through
Exodus 34:31But Moses called out to them; so Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and Moses spoke to them.
it leads to
- Exodus 3:15
God also told Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’ This is My…
- Exodus 3:15
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
