For six days you may gather, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, it will not be there.”
Parallel translations
- WEB Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day is the Sabbath. In it there shall be none.”
- KJV Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none.
- NKJV Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will be none.”
- NASB Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will be none.”
- NLT You may gather the food for six days, but the seventh day is the Sabbath. There will be no food on the ground that day.”
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Quick answer
Six days they may gather manna, but on the seventh, the Sabbath, there will be none. God ordains a weekly rhythm of work and rest.
Overview
The six-and-one pattern mirrors the creation week and anchors the Sabbath in God's own design. By withholding manna on the seventh day, God enforces and provides for rest simultaneously. This rhythm teaches dependence and trust, pointing to the rest that God offers his people in him.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Exod 20:9–11Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
- Deut 5:13Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
- Ezek 46:1“This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The gate of the inner court that faces east must be kept shut during the six days of work, but on the Sabbath day and on the day of the New Moon it shall be opened.
- Luke 13:14But the synagogue leader was indignant that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath. “There are six days for work,” he told the crowd. “So come and be healed on those days and not on the Sabbath.”
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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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