Exodus 16:5
in Exodus 16Then on the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring in, it will be twice as much as they gather on the other days.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And it shall come to pass on the sixth day, that they shall prepare that which they bring in, and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily.
KJV
And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare that which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily.
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This verse in Exodus 16
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
I will rain bread from heaven
on Exodus 16:4-5
The phrase bread from heaven occurs here for the first time in Scripture, and Psalm 78:24 repeats it before John 6:31 puts it in the mouth of a crowd asking Jesus for a sign. At John 6:32 and 6:33 he answers that Moses gave them not that bread from heaven and sets the true bread against it, which makes this verse one of the places where the New Testament takes up an Exodus line itself. The provision is also described as a test, a certain rate every day that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, and no law has yet been given at Sinai.
This site's exposition
when they prepare what they bring in
The verb prepare points to cooking, and at verse 23 the people bake and boil the sixth day's portion. Albert Barnes notes that the manna could be ground, baked and boiled like grain, and he takes that as a mark that it differed from the natural product. The rule arrives before the Sabbath has a name.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
It shall be twice as much - They should collect and prepare a double quantity.
The words behind it
14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהָיָה֙ | vehayah | and it will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| בַּיּ֣וֹם | baiyom | on the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַשִּׁשִּׁ֔י | hashishi | <the> sixth | H8345 → | 28 times |
| וְהֵכִ֖ינוּ | vehekhinu | and they will prepare | H3559 → | 217 times |
| אֵ֣ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | [that] which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יָבִ֑יאוּ | yaviu | they will bring | H935 → | 2568 times |
| וְהָיָ֣ה | vehayah | and it will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| מִשְׁנֶ֔ה | mishneh | double | H4932 → | |
| עַ֥ל | ʾal | to | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| אֲשֶֽׁר־ | ʾasher- | [that] which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יִלְקְט֖וּ | yilketu | they will gather | H3950 → | 37 times |
| י֥וֹם׀ | yom | day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| יֽוֹם׃ ס | yom | day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
וְהָיָה֙and it will be
vehayahH1961 →3559 times
בַּיּ֣וֹםon the day
baiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַשִּׁשִּׁ֔י<the> sixth
hashishiH8345 →28 times
וְהֵכִ֖ינוּand they will prepare
vehekhinuH3559 →217 times
אֵ֣ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
אֲשֶׁר־[that] which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
יָבִ֑יאוּthey will bring
yaviuH935 →2568 times
וְהָיָ֣הand it will be
vehayahH1961 →3559 times
מִשְׁנֶ֔הdouble
mishnehH4932 →
עַ֥לto
ʾalH5921 →5755 times
אֲשֶֽׁר־[that] which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
יִלְקְט֖וּthey will gather
yilketuH3950 →37 times
י֥וֹם׀day
yomH3117 →2304 times
יֽוֹם׃ סday
yomH3117 →2304 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
About Exodus
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); 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.