Exodus 16:23

He told them, “This is what the LORD has said: ‘Tomorrow is to be a day of complete rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD. So bake what you want to bake, and boil what you want to boil. Then set aside whatever remains and keep it until morning.’”

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Moses informs the Israelites that tomorrow will be a day of complete rest and a holy Sabbath to the LORD. This directive follows the sixth-day gathering of a double portion of manna and precedes their compliance in storing the surplus until morning.

The words — The Hebrew terms שַׁבָּתוֹן (shabbaton) and שַׁבָּת (shabbat) denote a Sabbath observance and a Sabbath of rest. They appear alongside יְהוָה (Yahweh) to mark the day as divinely designated.

The thread — The requirement to observe a holy Sabbath on the seventh day appears in Leviticus 23:3 and Exodus 20:8. It also corresponds to the seventh-day rest command in Exodus 31:15.

Why it lands — The text commands practical preparation before the designated day by baking, boiling, and storing any remaining food. It ties physical obedience to divine timing directly to the preservation of daily provision.

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The Hebrew words

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King James Version

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.

Cross-references

Leviticus 23:3 For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a day of sacred assembly. You must not do any work; wherever you live, it is a Sabbath to the LORD.
Exodus 20:8 Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.
Exodus 31:15 For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day must surely be put to death.
Genesis 2:2 And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.
Exodus 35:2 For six days work may be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on that day must be put to death.
Exodus 23:12 For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be refreshed, as well as the foreign resident.
Mark 2:27 Then Jesus declared, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
Luke 23:56 Then they returned to prepare spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath, according to the commandment.
Numbers 11:8 The people walked around and gathered it, ground it on a handmill or crushed it in a mortar, then boiled it in a cooking pot or shaped it into cakes. It tasted like pastry baked with fine oil.
Revelation 1:10 On the Lord’s day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,