Then Moses said to them, “No one may keep any of it until morning.”
Parallel translations
- WEB Moses said to them, “Let no one leave of it until the morning.”
- KJV And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning.
- NKJV And Moses said, “Let no one leave any of it till morning.”
- NASB Moses said to them, “No one is to leave any of it until morning.”
- NLT Then Moses told them, “Do not keep any of it until morning.”
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Quick answer
Moses commands that no one keep any manna until morning. God's people are to depend on him fresh each day.
Overview
The instruction guards against hoarding and tests Israel's daily trust in God's faithfulness. Tomorrow's provision must be received as tomorrow's gift, not stockpiled today. This cultivates the habit of daily dependence, anticipating Jesus' teaching to seek God's kingdom and trust him for each day's needs.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Exod 23:18You must not offer the blood of My sacrifices with anything leavened, nor may the fat of My feast remain until morning.
- Exod 12:10Do not leave any of it until morning; before the morning you must burn up any part that is left over.
- Matt 6:34Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own.
- Exod 16:23He 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.’”
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The Passover lamb whose blood turns away death, the exodus through the sea, the manna, the rock, and the tabernacle where God dwells with his people all foreshadow Jesus — our Passover, our redemption, the bread from heaven, and God-with-us in the flesh.
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