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Barnes' Notes on Exodus 16:25

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Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · 19th-century historical commentary
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Eat that today - The practical observance of the Sabbath was thus formally instituted before the giving of the law. The people were to abstain from the ordinary work of every day life: they were not to collect food, nor, as it would seem, even to prepare it as on other days. return to 'Top of Page'
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