Daily Discovery Bible Study

21 So each morning everyone collected as much as they needed, and when the sun became hot, it melted away to nothing.22 However, on the sixth day, they collected twice as much of this food, two omers for each person. All the Israelite leaders came and told Moses what they had done.23 Moses replied, “These are the Lord's instructions: ‘Tomorrow is a special day of rest, a holy Sabbath to honor the Lord. So bake what you want, and boil what you want. Then put to one side what's left and keep it until morning.’”

24 So they kept it until morning as Moses had ordered, and it didn't smell bad or have any maggots.25 Moses told them, “Eat it today, because today is a Sabbath to honor the Lord. Today you won't find anything out there.26 You can go out collecting for six days, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, it won't be there.”27 However, on the seventh day some people still went out collecting, but they did not find anything.

28 The Lord told Moses, “How long are you going to refuse to obey my commands and instructions?29 You need to understand that the Lord has given you the Sabbath, so on the sixth day he will provide you with food for two days. On the seventh day, everyone has to stay where they are—no one needs to go out.”30 So the people did no work on the seventh day.

Exodus 16: 21-30