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26Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none.

Exodus 16:26

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Cross-References

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  • Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: …

  • Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:

  • And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.

  • Thus saith the Lord GOD; The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 22-31)

We have here, 1. A plain intimation of the observing of a seventh day sabbath , not only before the giving of the law upon Mount Sinai, but before the bringing of Israel out of Egypt, and therefore, from the beginning , Gen. 2:3. If the sabbath had now been first instituted, how could Moses have understood what God said to him (Exod. 16:5), concerning a double portion to be gathered on the sixth d…

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