Exodus 16:23
Good News Translation
and he said to them, "The LORD has commanded that tomorrow is a holy day of rest, dedicated to him. Bake today what you want to bake and boil what you want to boil. Whatever is left should be put aside and kept for tomorrow."

New Revised Standard Version
he said to them, “This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Tomorrow is a day of solemn rest, a holy sabbath to the LORD; bake what you want to bake and boil what you want to boil, and all that is left over put aside to be kept until morning.’”

Contemporary English Version
he told them that the LORD had said, "Tomorrow is the Sabbath, a sacred day of rest in honor of me. So gather all you want to bake or boil, and make sure you save enough for tomorrow."

New American Bible
he told them, “That is what the LORD has prescribed. Tomorrow is a day of rest, a holy sabbath of the LORD. Whatever you want to bake, bake; whatever you want to boil, boil; but whatever is left put away and keep until the morning.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said to them: This is what the Lord hath spoken: To morrow is the rest of the sabbath sanctified to the Lord. Whatsoever work is to be done, do it; and the meats that are to be dressed, dress them; and whatsoever shall remain, lay it up until the morning.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And he said to them: This is what the Lord hath spoken: To morrow is the rest of the sabbath sanctified to the Lord. Whatsoever work is to be done, do it; and the meats that are to be dressed, dress them; and whatsoever shall remain, lay it up until the morning.

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Exodus 20:8-11 Remember that thou keep holy the sabbath day. . . .

Exodus 31:15 Six days shall you do work: in the seventh day is the sabbath, the rest holy to the Lord. Every one that shall do any work on this day, shall die.

Exodus 35:3 You shall kindle no fire in any of your habitations on the sabbath day.

Genesis 2:2,3 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made: and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done. . . .

Leviticus 23:3 Six days shall ye do work: the seventh day, because it is the rest of the sabbath, shall be called holy. You shall do no work on that day: it is the sabbath of the Lord in all your habitations.

Mark 2:27,28 And he said to them: The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath. . . .

Luke 23:56 And returning, they prepared spices and ointments: and on the sabbath day they rested, according to the commandment.

Revelation 1:10 I was in the spirit on the Lord's day and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,

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Numbers 11:8 And the people went about, and gathering it, ground it in a mill, or beat it in a mortar, and boiled it in a pot, and made cakes thereof of the taste of bread tempered with oil.

Context
The Sabbath Observed
22But on the sixth day they gathered twice as much, that is, two gomors every man: and all the rulers of the multitude came, and told Moses. 23And he said to them: This is what the Lord hath spoken: To morrow is the rest of the sabbath sanctified to the Lord. Whatsoever work is to be done, do it; and the meats that are to be dressed, dress them; and whatsoever shall remain, lay it up until the morning.24And they did so as Moses had commanded, and it did not putrify, neither was there worm found in it.…
Cross References
Genesis 2:3
And he blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

Exodus 16:19
And Moses said to them: Let no man leave thereof till the morning.

Exodus 20:8
Remember that thou keep holy the sabbath day.

Exodus 23:12
Six days thou shalt work: the seventh day thou shalt cease, that thy ox and thy ass may rest: and the son of thy handmaid and the stranger may be refreshed.

Exodus 31:15
Six days shall you do work: in the seventh day is the sabbath, the rest holy to the Lord. Every one that shall do any work on this day, shall die.

Exodus 35:2
Six days you shall do work; the seventh day shall be holy unto you, the sabbath and the rest of the Lord: he that shall do any work on it, shall be put to death.

Exodus 35:3
You shall kindle no fire in any of your habitations on the sabbath day.

Leviticus 23:3
Six days shall ye do work: the seventh day, because it is the rest of the sabbath, shall be called holy. You shall do no work on that day: it is the sabbath of the Lord in all your habitations.

Deuteronomy 5:12
Observe the day of the sabbath, to sanctify it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee.

Nehemiah 9:13
Thou camest down also to mount Sinai, and didst speak with them from heaven, and thou gavest them right judgments, and the law of truth, ceremonies, and good precepts.

Nehemiah 9:14
Thou madest known to them thy holy sabbath, and didst prescribe to them commandments, and ceremonies, and the law by the hand of Moses thy servant.

Jeremiah 17:22
And do not bring burdens out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work: sanctify the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.

Exodus 16:22
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