²²On the sixth day, they gathered twice^q as much—two omers^b for each person—and the leaders of the community^r came and reported this to Moses. ²³He said to them, “This is what the Lord commanded: ‘Tomorrow is to be a day of sabbath rest, a holy sabbath^s 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.’ ”

²⁴So they saved it until morning, as Moses commanded, and it did not stink or get maggots in it. ²⁵“Eat it today,” Moses said, “because today is a sabbath to the Lord. You will not find any of it on the ground today. ²⁶Six days you are to gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath,^t there will not be any.”

²⁷Nevertheless, some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather it, but they found none. ²⁸Then the Lord said to Moses, “How long will you^c refuse to keep my commands^u and my instructions? ²⁹Bear 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.” ³⁰So the people rested on the seventh day.

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Footnotes

bThat is, possibly about 6 pounds or about 2.8 kilograms
cThe Hebrew is plural.

Cross references

qSee ver 5
r Ex 34:31
sSee Ge 2:3; See Ex 20:8; Dt 5:13–14
tver 23
u Jos 9:14; Ps 78:10; 106:13; 107:11; 119:1; Jer 32:23