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Exodus 16:29
New English Translation
Exodus 16:29
New English Translation
29 See, because the Lord has given you the Sabbath, that is why[a] he is giving you food for two days on the sixth day. Each of you stay where you are;[b] let no one[c] go out of his place on the seventh day.”
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- Exodus 16:29 sn Noting the rabbinic teaching that the giving of the Sabbath was a sign of God’s love—it was accomplished through the double portion on the sixth day—B. Jacob says, “God made no request unless He provided the means for its execution” (Exodus, 461).
- Exodus 16:29 tn Heb “remain, a man where he is.”
- Exodus 16:29 tn Or “Let not anyone go” (see GKC 445 §138.d).
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