Although Moses relayed to the people precise instructions
regarding the gathering of the supplies; human nature took over; and some
gathered more and some gathered less. God’s mandate was that each man should
gather only such amount as he could eat in one day; and although some gathered
more and some less, the more shrank to the specified amount and the less
accrued to the prescribed amount, that is to say, 1 omer per person.
In
addition, Moses cautioned them not to leave any of the days gathering for the
next morning; yet, human greed again, some of them did. However those who
disobeyed did not benefit; for the food by the next morning was rotted and
riddled with worms. Also what was
gathered in the morning rotted when the sun became hot; the idea was they
should always only gather what could be eaten at once. But on the 6th day it was different; each man
was allowed to gather 2 omers, or twice as much as on the former days
Then Moses
addressed the congregational heads and told them; “Tomorrow, (the seventh day)
is the rest of the holy Sabbath unto the Lord; bake that which you can bake
today, and boil what you can; and that which is left over, lay it up for
tomorrow.” And it came to pass, that
that which they gathered on the 6th day and left over for the seventh day, did
not rot as that before.
And Moses
commanded them, “eat that today, for today is the Sabbath unto the Lord; take
and eat.” That is to say that which was prepared on the 6th day; but he warned
them not to go out into the field on the Sabbath day; for it is the Lord’s Sabbath. More
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