^16:21So they gathered it each morning,⁵⁷ each person according to what he could eat, and when the sun got hot, it would melt.⁵⁸^16:22And⁵⁹ on the sixth day they gathered twice as much food, two omers⁶⁰ per person;⁶¹ and all the leaders⁶² of the community⁶³ came and told⁶⁴ Moses. ^16:23He said to them, “This is what the Lord has said: ‘Tomorrow is a time of cessation from work,⁶⁵ a holy Sabbath⁶⁶ to the Lord. Whatever you want to⁶⁷ bake, bake today;⁶⁸ whatever you want to boil, boil today; whatever is left put aside for yourselves to be kept until morning.’ ”

^16:24So they put it aside until the morning, just as Moses had commanded, and it did not stink, nor were there any worms in it. ^16:25Moses said, “Eat it today, for today is a Sabbath to the Lord; today you will not find it in the area.⁶⁹^16:26Six days you will gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will not be any.”

^16:27On the seventh day some of the people went out to gather it, but they found nothing.

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Footnotes

57 Heb “morning by morning.” This is an example of the repetition of words to express the distributive sense; here the meaning is “every morning” (see §121.c).
58 The perfect tenses here with vav (ו) consecutives have the frequentative sense; they function in a protasis-apodosis relationship ( §159.g).
59 Heb “and it happened/was.”
60 This construction is an exception to the normal rule for the numbers 2 through 10 taking the object numbered in the plural. Here it is “two of the omer” or “the double of the omer” (see §134.e).
61 Heb “for one.”
62 The word suggests “the ones lifted up” above others, and therefore the rulers or the chiefs of the people.
63 Or “congregation” (, , , ).
64 The meaning here is probably that these leaders, the natural heads of the families in the clans, saw that people were gathering twice as much and they reported this to Moses, perhaps afraid it would stink again (U. Cassuto, Exodus, ).
65 The noun שַׁבָּתוֹן (shabbaton) has the abstract ending on it: “resting, ceasing.” The root word means “cease” from something, more than “to rest.” The Law would make it clear that they were to cease from their normal occupations and do no common work.
66 The technical expression is now used: שַׁבַּת־קֹדֶשׁ (shabbat-qodesh, “a holy Sabbath”) meaning a “cessation of/for holiness” for Yahweh. The rest was to be characterized by holiness.
67 The two verbs in these objective noun clauses are desiderative imperfects—“bake whatever you want to bake.”
68 The word “today” is implied from the context.
69 Heb “in the field” (so , , , , ); , , “on the ground.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Morning by morning they gathered it, each as much as he could eat; but when the sun grew hot, it melted.

On the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers each. And when all the leaders of the congregation came and told Moses, he said to them, “This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Tomorrow is a day of solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to the Lord; bake what you will bake and boil what you will boil, and all that is left over lay aside to be kept till the morning.’ ” So they laid it aside till the morning, as Moses commanded them, and it did not stink, and there were no worms in it. Moses said, “Eat it today, for today is a Sabbath to the Lord; today you will not find it in the field. Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, which is a Sabbath, there will be none.”

On the seventh day some of the people went out to gather, but they found none.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Each morning everyone gathered as much as they needed, and when the sun grew hot, it melted away. On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much—two omers for each person—and the leaders of the community came and reported this to Moses. He said to them, “This is what the Lord commanded: ‘Tomorrow is to be a day of sabbath rest, a holy sabbath to the Lord. So bake what you want to bake and boil what you want to boil. Save whatever is left and keep it until morning.’ ”

So they saved it until morning, as Moses commanded, and it did not stink or get maggots in it. “Eat it today,” Moses said, “because today is a sabbath to the Lord. You will not find any of it on the ground today. Six days you are to gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will not be any.”

Nevertheless, some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather it, but they found none.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

They gathered it every morning. Each gathered as much as he needed to eat, but when the sun grew hot, it melted. On the sixth day they gathered twice as much food, four quarts apiece, and all the leaders of the community came and reported this to Moses. He told them, “This is what the Lord has said: ‘Tomorrow is a day of complete rest, a holy Sabbath to the Lord. Bake what you want to bake, and boil what you want to boil, and set aside everything left over to be kept until morning.’ ”

So they set it aside until morning as Moses commanded, and it didn’t stink or have maggots in it. “Eat it today,” Moses said, “because today is a Sabbath to the Lord. Today you won’t find any in the field. For six days you will gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will be none.”

Yet on the seventh day some of the people went out to gather, but they did not find any.

NLTNew Living Translation

After this the people gathered the food morning by morning, each family according to its need. And as the sun became hot, the flakes they had not picked up melted and disappeared. On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much as usual—four quarts for each person instead of two. Then all the leaders of the community came and asked Moses for an explanation. He told them, “This is what the Lord commanded: Tomorrow will be a day of complete rest, a holy Sabbath day set apart for the Lord. So bake or boil as much as you want today, and set aside what is left for tomorrow.”

So they put some aside until morning, just as Moses had commanded. And in the morning the leftover food was wholesome and good, without maggots or odor. Moses said, “Eat this food today, for today is a Sabbath day dedicated to the Lord. There will be no food on the ground today. You may gather the food for six days, but the seventh day is the Sabbath. There will be no food on the ground that day.”

Some of the people went out anyway on the seventh day, but they found no food.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And they gathered it morning by morning, each according to what he could eat, and it melted when the sun was hot.

And when it was the sixth day, they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one person, and all the leaders of the community came and told Moses. And he said to them, “This is what Yahweh has said. Tomorrow is a rest period, a holy Sabbath for Yahweh. Bake what you want to bake, and boil what you want to boil. Put aside all the surplus for yourselves for safekeeping until the morning.” And they put it aside until the morning, as Moses had commanded, and it did not make a stench, and not a maggot was in it. And Moses said, “Eat it today, because today is a Sabbath for Yahweh. Today you will not find it in the field. Six days you will gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, it will not be present on it.”

And on the seventh day some of the people went out to gather, and they did not find any.

KJV 1900King James Version

And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted. And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses. And he said unto them, This is that which the Lord hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the Lord: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning. And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein. And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath unto the Lord: to day ye shall not find it in the field. Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none. And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none.

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