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Exodus 16:23
“He said to them, "This is that which Yahweh has spoken, 'Tomorrow is a solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to Yahweh. Bake that which you want to bake, and boil that which you want to boil; and all that remains over lay up for yourselves to be kept until the morning.”
Verse in context — Exodus 16
They gathered it morning by morning, everyone according to his eating. When the sun grew hot, it melted.
It happened that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one, and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.
He said to them, "This is that which Yahweh has spoken, 'Tomorrow is a solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to Yahweh. Bake that which you want to bake, and boil that which you want to boil; and all that remains over lay up for yourselves to be kept until the morning.
They laid it up until the morning, as Moses asked, and it didn't become foul, neither was there any worm in it.
Moses said, "Eat that today, for today is a Sabbath to Yahweh. Today you shall not find it in the field.
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God delivers Israel from Egypt, gives the Ten Commandments, and establishes His covenant with His people.
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