Text -- Exodus 16:29 (NET)

16:29 See, because the Lord has given you the Sabbath, that is why he is giving you food for two days on the sixth day. Each of you stay where you are; let no one go out of his place on the seventh day.”

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Exo 16:29

¹ sn Noting the rabbinic teaching that the giving of the Sabbath was a sign of God’s love – it was accomplished through the double portion on the sixth day – B. Jacob says, “God made no request unless He provided the means for its execution” (Exodus, 461).

² tn Heb “remain, a man where he is.”

³ tn Or “Let not anyone go” (see GKC 445 §138.d).