Bible Strands
Exodus 16:26
For six days you may gather, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, it will not be there.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses addresses the Israelites in the wilderness, giving instructions about the manna harvest immediately after declaring the current day a Sabbath.
The words — The Hebrew שֵׁשֶׁת (sheshet) means “six,” and שַׁבָּת (shabbat) means “a Sabbath,” marking the temporal boundary between permissible gathering and divine absence.
The thread — The six-day work limit appears in Exodus 20:9 and Deuteronomy 5:13, while the Sabbath restriction extends to Ezekiel 46:1.
Why it lands — The text states that manna is available for six days and absent on the seventh, requiring the reader to accept a fixed operational limit without attempting to supplement it.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none.
Cross-references
- Exodus 20:9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
- Deuteronomy 5:13 Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
- Ezekiel 46:1 “This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The gate of the inner court that faces east must be kept shut during the six days of work, but on the Sabbath day and on the day of the New Moon it shall be opened.
- Luke 13:14 But the synagogue leader was indignant that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath. “There are six days for work,” he told the crowd. “So come and be healed on those days and not on the Sabbath.”