21 They gathered it morning by morning, every man [a]as much as he should eat; but when the sun grew hot, it would melt.

The Sabbath Observed

22 (A)Now on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one. When all the (B)leaders of the congregation came and told Moses, 23 then he said to them, “This is what the Lord [b]meant: (C)Tomorrow is a sabbath observance, a holy sabbath to the Lord. Bake what you will bake and boil what you will boil, and (D)all that is left over [c]put aside to be kept until morning.”

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 16:21 Lit according to his eating
  2. Exodus 16:23 Lit spoke
  3. Exodus 16:23 Lit lay up for you