Exodus 16:25
in Exodus 16“Eat it today,” Moses said, “because today is a Sabbath to the LORD. Today you will not find anything in the field.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Moses said, Eat that to-day; for to-day is a sabbath unto Jehovah: to-day ye shall not find it in the field.
KJV
And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath unto the Lord: to day ye shall not find it in the field.
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This verse in Exodus 16
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Eat that today - The practical observance of the Sabbath was thus formally instituted before the giving of the law. The people were to abstain from the ordinary work of every day life: they were not to collect food, nor, as it would seem, even to prepare it as on other days.
This site's exposition
Eat that to day
on Exodus 16:25-26
What was laid up overnight and did not stink is the day's food, so the sixth day's work feeds the seventh day's rest. The instruction is also negative, that to day ye shall not find it in the field, so the rest holds because nothing is there rather than because anyone resisted going out. Six days ye shall gather it, and on the seventh there shall be none, which is the shape Genesis 2:2 gave the week.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And Moses said, eat that today,....
This showed that it was not produced by natural causes, and that it was designed for a confirmation of the divine authority of the law which was to be given by Moses.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
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.
The words behind it
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| מֹשֶׁה֙ | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| אִכְלֻ֣הוּ | ʾikhluhu | eat it | H398 → | 810 times |
| הַיּ֔וֹם | haiyom | this day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| שַׁבָּ֥ת | shabat | [is] a sabbath | H7676 → | 110 times |
| הַיּ֖וֹם | haiyom | this day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| לַיהוָ֑ה | layahweh | to Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| הַיּ֕וֹם | haiyom | this day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תִמְצָאֻ֖הוּ | timtzauhu | you will find it | H4672 → | 455 times |
| בַּשָּׂדֶֽה׃ | basadeh | in the field | H7704 → | 334 times |
וַיֹּ֤אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
מֹשֶׁה֙Moses
moshehH4872 →765 times
אִכְלֻ֣הוּeat it
ʾikhluhuH398 →810 times
הַיּ֔וֹםthis day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
שַׁבָּ֥ת[is] a sabbath
shabatH7676 →110 times
הַיּ֖וֹםthis day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
לַיהוָ֑הto Yahweh
layahwehH3068 →6520 times
הַיּ֕וֹםthis day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
לֹ֥אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
תִמְצָאֻ֖הוּyou will find it
timtzauhuH4672 →455 times
בַּשָּׂדֶֽה׃in the field
basadehH7704 →334 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 16:23He 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…
it leads to
- Exodus 20:8–11
Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 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…
- Exodus 31:15
For 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…
- Exodus 20:8–11
Through
Nehemiah 9:14You revealed to them Your holy Sabbath and gave them commandments and statutes and laws through Your servant Moses.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 20:12
I also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us, so that they would know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Genesis 2:3
Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished.
- Ezekiel 20:20
Keep My Sabbaths holy, that they may be a sign between us, so that you may know that I am the LORD your God.’
- Ezekiel 20:12
Through
Exodus 16:29Understand that the LORD has given you the Sabbath; that is why on the sixth day He will give you bread for two days. On the seventh day, everyone must stay where he is;…
it leads to
- Exodus 31:13
“Tell the Israelites, ‘Surely you must keep My Sabbaths, for this will be a sign between Me and you for the generations to come, so that you may know that I am the LORD…
- Isaiah 58:13–14
If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable, if you honor…
- Exodus 31:13
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This page draws on 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) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.