KJV King James Version
See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
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Exodus 16:29
See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Understand that the LORD has given you the Sabbath; that is why on the sixth day He will give you bread for two days. On the seventh day, everyone must stay where he is; no one may leave his place.”
WEB World English Bible
Behold, because Yahweh has given you the Sabbath, therefore he gives you on the sixth day the bread of two days. Everyone stay in his place. Let no one go out of his place on the seventh day.”
ASV American Standard Version
See, for that Jehovah hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
see, because Jehovah hath given to you the sabbath, therefore He is giving to you on the sixth day bread of two days; abide ye each in his place, no one doth go out from his place on the seventh day.’
Surrounding context — Exodus 16
26 Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, [which is] the sabbath, in it there shall be none.
27 And it came to pass, [that] there went out [some] of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none.
28 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
29 See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
30 So the people rested on the seventh day.
31 And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it [was] like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it [was] like wafers [made] with honey.
32 And Moses said, This [is] the thing which the LORD commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
רְא֗וּH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforיְהוָה֮H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDנָתַ֣ןH5414 · na.tanto give: giveלָכֶ֣םH9036 · khemyouהַשַּׁבָּת֒H7676 · shab.batSabbathעַל־H5921 · aluponכֵּ֠ןH3651 · kenrightה֣וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itנֹתֵ֥ןH5414 · na.tanto give: giveלָכֶ֛םH9036 · khemyouבַּיּ֥וֹםH3117 · yomdayהַשִּׁשִּׁ֖יH8345 · shish.shisixthלֶ֣חֶםH3899 · le.chemfoodיוֹמָ֑יִםH3117 · yomdayשְׁב֣וּ׀H3427 · ya.shavto dwellאִ֣ישׁH376 · ishmanתַּחְתָּ֗יוH8478 · ta.chatunderneath: underאַל־H408 · alnotיֵ֥צֵאH3318 · ya.tsato come out: comeאִ֛ישׁH376 · ishmanמִמְּקֹמ֖וֹH4725 · ma.qomplaceבַּיּ֥וֹםH3117 · yomdayהַשְּׁבִיעִֽי׃H7637 · she.vi.iseventh
Cross-references
Exodus 31:13Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it [is] a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that [ye] may know that I [am] the LORD that doth sanctify you.Isaiah 58:13-14If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, [from] doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking [thine own] words:Ezekiel 20:12Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I [am] the LORD that sanctify them.Luke 23:56And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.Nehemiah 9:14And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:
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