Moses said to them, “Let no one leave of it until the morning.”
Parallel translations
- KJV And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning.
- BSB Then Moses said to them, “No one may keep any of it until 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 23:18“You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread. The fat of my feast shall not remain all night until the morning.
- Exod 12:10You shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; but that which remains of it until the morning you shall burn with fire.
- Matt 6:34Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.
- Exod 16:23He said to them, “This is that which Yahweh has spoken, ‘Tomorrow is a solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to Yahweh. Bake that which you want to bake, and boil that which you want to boil; and all that remains over lay up for yourselves to be kept until the 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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