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Exodus 16:27

Yet on the seventh day some of the people went out to gather, but they did not find anything.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The narrator records the Israelites acting independently as the seventh day begins, directly following God’s instruction to Moses regarding the Sabbath manna.

The words — יָצְא֥וּ (ya.tze.'U) = they went out and לִ/לְקֹ֑ט (li/l.Kot) = to gather describe the physical attempt to collect food.

The thread — The futile labor mirrors Proverbs 20:4, where neglect of the appointed season leaves the worker with nothing at harvest.

Why it lands — The text states that disobedience to divine timing yields no provision, requiring the reader to align action with commanded rest rather than human effort.

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The Hebrew words

וַֽיְהִי֙va/y.Hiand/ it wasבַּיּ֣וֹםba/i.Yomon the/ dayהַשְּׁבִיעִ֔יha./she.vi.'I<the>/ seventhיָצְא֥וּya.tze.'Uthey went outמִן־min-some ofהָעָ֖םha./'Amthe/ peopleלִלְקֹ֑טli/l.Kotto/ gather [it]וְלֹ֖אve./Lo'and/ notמָצָֽאוּ׃ סma.Tza.'uthey found [it]

King James Version

And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none.

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