Exodus 16:23
in Exodus 16He told them, “This is what the LORD has said: ‘Tomorrow is to be a day of complete rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD. So bake what you want to bake, and boil what you want to boil. Then set aside whatever remains and keep it until morning.’”
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ASV
And he said unto them, This is that which Jehovah hath spoken, To-morrow is a solemn rest, a holy sabbath unto Jehovah: bake that which ye will bake, and boil that which ye will boil; and all that remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
KJV
And he said unto them, This is that which the Lord hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the Lord: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
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This verse in Exodus 16
Commentary
7 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Tomorrow ... - Or, Tomorrow is a rest, a Sabbath holy to Yahweh: i. e. tomorrow must be a day of rest, observed strictly as a Sabbath, or festal rest, holy to Jehovah. Bake ... - These directions show that the manna thus given differed essentially from the natural product. Here and in Num 11:8 it is treated in a way which shows that it had the property of grain, could be ground in a mortar, baked and boiled.
This site's exposition
To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath
on Exodus 16:23-24
The word sabbath occurs here for the first time in Scripture, four chapters before the fourth commandment at 20:8 tells Israel to remember it. Genesis 2:2 and 2:3 have God resting on the seventh day, blessing it and sanctifying it, and never use the noun. The order matters, because by the time Sinai says remember the sabbath day the people have weeks of bread that fell on six mornings and not on the seventh, and the older commentators take the manna as the sabbath taught by practice before it is given as law.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Here is a plain intimation of the observing a seventh day sabbath, not only before the giving of the law upon Mount Sinai, but before the bringing of Israel out of Egypt and therefore from the beginning.
And he said unto them, this is that which the Lord hath said,....
Works of necessity, no doubt, are to be done on that day; but it is desirable to have as little as may be to do of things necessary to the life that now is, that we may apply ourselves the more closely to the one thing needful.
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.
To-morrow is the rest of the holy Sabbath - There is nothing either in the text or context that seems to intimate that the Sabbath was now first given to the Israelites, as some have supposed: on the contrary, it is here spoken of as being perfectly well known, from its having been generally observed. The commandment, it is true, may be considered as being now renewed; because they might have supposed that in their unsettled state in the wilderness they might have been exempted from the observance of it. Thus we find, 1. That when God finished his creation, he instituted the Sabbath; 2. When he brought the people out of Egypt, he insisted on the strict observance of it; 3. When he gave the Law, he made it a tenth part of the whole, such importance has this institution in the eyes of the Supreme Being! On the supposed change of the Sabbath from what we call Sunday to Saturday, effected on this occasion, See Clarke’s note on Deu 5:15.
The words behind it
27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֲלֵהֶ֗ם | ʾalehem | to them | H413 → | 5510 times |
| ה֚וּא | hu' | it | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | [is that] which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| דִּבֶּ֣ר | diber | he said | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| שַׁבָּת֧וֹן | shabaton | a sabbath observance | H7677 → | 11 times |
| שַׁבַּת־ | shabat- | a sabbath of | H7676 → | 110 times |
| קֹ֛דֶשׁ | kodesh | holiness | H6944 → | 469 times |
| לַֽיהוָ֖ה | layahweh | to Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| מָחָ֑ר | machar | [is] tomorrow | H4279 → | 52 times |
| אֵ֣ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | [that] which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| תֹּאפ֞וּ | tofu | you will bake | H644 → | 25 times |
| אֵפ֗וּ | ʾefu | bake | H644 → | 25 times |
| וְאֵ֤ת | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֲשֶֽׁר־ | ʾasher- | [that] which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| תְּבַשְּׁלוּ֙ | tevashelu | you will boil | H1310 → | 28 times |
| בַּשֵּׁ֔לוּ | bashelu | boil | H1310 → | 28 times |
| וְאֵת֙ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הָ֣עֹדֵ֔ף | haodef | the surplus | H5736 → | 9 times |
| הַנִּ֧יחוּ | hanichu | leave | H5117 → | 142 times |
| לָכֶ֛ם | lakhem | for <the> yourselves | ||
| לְמִשְׁמֶ֖רֶת | lemishmeret | for keeping | H4931 → | 78 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| הַבֹּֽקֶר׃ | haboker | the morning | H1242 → | 214 times |
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
אֲלֵהֶ֗םto them
ʾalehemH413 →5510 times
ה֚וּאit
hu'H1931 →1879 times
אֲשֶׁ֣ר[is that] which
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
דִּבֶּ֣רhe said
diberH1696 →1141 times
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
שַׁבָּת֧וֹןa sabbath observance
shabatonH7677 →11 times
שַׁבַּת־a sabbath of
shabat-H7676 →110 times
קֹ֛דֶשׁholiness
kodeshH6944 →469 times
לַֽיהוָ֖הto Yahweh
layahwehH3068 →6520 times
מָחָ֑ר[is] tomorrow
macharH4279 →52 times
אֵ֣ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
אֲשֶׁר־[that] which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
תֹּאפ֞וּyou will bake
tofuH644 →25 times
אֵפ֗וּbake
ʾefuH644 →25 times
וְאֵ֤תand <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
אֲשֶֽׁר־[that] which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
תְּבַשְּׁלוּ֙you will boil
tevasheluH1310 →28 times
בַּשֵּׁ֔לוּboil
basheluH1310 →28 times
וְאֵת֙and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הָ֣עֹדֵ֔ףthe surplus
haodefH5736 →9 times
הַנִּ֧יחוּleave
hanichuH5117 →142 times
לָכֶ֛םfor <the> yourselves
lakhem
לְמִשְׁמֶ֖רֶתfor keeping
lemishmeretH4931 →78 times
עַד־until
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
הַבֹּֽקֶר׃the morning
habokerH1242 →214 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 31:15For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day must surely be put to…
it leads to
- Exodus 34:21
Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even in the seasons of plowing and harvesting, you must rest.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Genesis 2:2
And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.
- Leviticus 23:3
For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a day of sacred assembly. You must not do any work; wherever you live, it is a…
- Luke 13:14
But the synagogue leader was indignant that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath. “There are six days for work,” he told the crowd. “So come and be healed on those days and not on…
- Exodus 35:2
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 34:21
Through
Leviticus 23:3For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a day of sacred assembly. You must not do any work; wherever you live, it is a…
it leads to
- Leviticus 19:3
Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.
- Exodus 23:12
For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be…
- 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…
- Leviticus 19:3
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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 (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.