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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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Footnotes

  1. 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).
  2. Exodus 16:29 tn Heb “remain, a man where he is.”
  3. Exodus 16:29 tn Or “Let not anyone go” (see GKC 445 §138.d).

29 Bear in mind that the Lord has given you the Sabbath; that is why on the sixth day he gives you bread for two days. Everyone is to stay where they are on the seventh day; no one is to go out.”

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