John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:25
And Moses said, eat that today ,.... That is, he said this on the seventh day in the morning, and bid them eat of it whether baked or seethed, or as it was, or just as they pleased; however, they had liberty to eat of it, and indeed they had no other, because none fell on this day: for today is a sabbath unto the Lord ; a time of rest from labour, and to be employed in the service of the Lord: today ye shall not find it in the field : should they seek for it, which they had no... read more
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