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Exodus 16:30

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Exodus 16:30 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “So the people rested on the seventh day.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

So the people rested on the seventh day.
Exodus 16:30 — American Standard Version

Context — Exodus 16

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
27And it came to pass on the seventh day, that there went out some of the people to gather, and they found none.
28And Jehovah said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
29See, for that Jehovah hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
30So the people rested on the seventh day.
31And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers [made] with honey.
32And Moses said, This is the thing which Jehovah hath commanded, Let an omerful of it be kept throughout your generations, that they may see the bread wherewith I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.
33And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omerful of manna therein, and lay it up before Jehovah, to be kept throughout your generations.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“So the people rested on the seventh day.] Did not attempt to go out of their tents in quest of manna, as on other days, and observed it as a day of rest from labour, and so they continued to do in successive generations.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Lev 23:3; Deu 5:12-14; Heb 4:9 Exodus 16:31”
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