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not on the sabbath day. This does not now make it unlawful for us to dress meat on the Lord's day, but directs us to contrive our family affairs so that they may hinder us as little as possible in the work of the sabbath. Works of necessity, no doubt, are to be done on that day; but it is desirable to have as little as may be to do of things necessary to the life that now is, that we may apply ourselves the more closely to the one thing needful. That which they kept of for their food on the sabbath day did not putrefy, Ex 16:24. When they kept it in opposition to a command (Ex 16:20) it stank; when they kept it in obedience to a command it was sweet and good; for everything is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
24 And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not
stink, neither was there any worm therein.
25 And Moses said, Eat that today; for today is a Sabbath unto the
Lord: today ye shall not find it in the field.
26 Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the
Sabbath, in it there shall be none.
The intermission of the manna on the seventh day. God did not send it then, and therefore they must not expect it, nor go out to gather, Ex 16:25,26. This showed that it was not produced by natural causes, and that it was designed for a confirmation of the divine authority of the law which was to be given by Moses. Thus God took an effectual course to make them remember the sabbath day; they could not forget it, nor the day of preparation for it. Some, it seems, went out on the seventh day, expecting to find manna (Ex 16:27); but they found none, for those that will find must seek in the appointed time: seek the Lord while he may be found. God, upon this occasion, said to Moses, How long refuse you to keep my commandments? Ex 16:28. Why did he say this to Moses? He was not disobedient. No, but he was the ruler of a disobedient people, and God charges it upon him that he might the more warmly charge it upon them, and might take care that their disobedience should not be through any neglect or default of his. It was for going out to seek for manna on the seventh day that they were thus reproved. Note,