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Exodus 16:23-25
New Catholic Bible
Exodus 16:23-25
New Catholic Bible
23 [a]and he said to them, “This is what the Lord ordered: ‘Tomorrow is the Sabbath, a day of rest consecrated to the Lord. Bake what you have to bake, and boil what you have to boil. All that is left over should be stored until the morning.’ ” 24 They preserved it until the morning, as Moses had ordered, and it did not go rancid, nor did they find worms in it.
25 Moses said, “Eat it today, because it is the Sabbath in honor of the Lord. Today you will not find it in the fields.
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- Exodus 16:23 Keeping the Sabbath as a day consecrated to the Lord (see Gen 2:3) was already being practiced before the Lord’s command in Ex 20:8-11 to keep it holy. The children of Israel were to avoid unnecessary work (i.e., collecting manna) and rest on the seventh day. Then, as now, people disregarded his words and did as they pleased.
