John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:24
And they laid it up until the morning, as Moses bade ,.... What was left of two omers a man, what they had neither baked nor boiled: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein , which was the case, when it was left or laid up on other days; and it showed that there was an interposition of divine Providence in the keeping of it to this day, and clearly confirmed it to be the will of God that this day should henceforward be to them the rest of the holy sabbath. read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:23
And he said unto them, this is that which the Lord hath said ,.... Which he had said to Moses privately, for as yet he had said it to none else: tomorrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the Lord ; according to Jarchi, the rulers asked Moses what this day was, different from other days, that double the quantity should be gathered? from whence, he says, we learn, that Moses had not as yet declared the sabbath to them; and this is indeed the first time we read of one; and though, as... read more