Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 16:25
And Moses said, Eat that today; for today [is] a sabbath unto the LORD: today ye shall not find it in the field.
Eat that today – The practical observance of the Sabbath was thus formally instituted before the giving of the law. The people were to abstain from the ordinary work of every day life: they were not to collect food, nor, as it would seem, even to prepare it as on other days.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
These words were spoken upon the morning of the sabbath day, as appears from the foregoing verse.
A sabbath unto the Lord, i.e. wholly consecrated to his service, and therefore not to be employed in servile works.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
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 occasion to do, since there was a sufficiency provided the day before; and this he said to prevent their going out to seek for it, which, if out of curiosity or for any other reason any of them should do, it would be in vain and fruitless.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(25) To day is a sabbath.That is to say, a rest By these words the Sabbath was either instituted, or re-instituted, and became thenceforth binding on the Israelites. Its essential character of a weekly rest was at once assigned to it(1) by its name; (2) by Gods resting on it from His self-imposed task of giving the manna; and (3) by the rest which the absence of manna on the seventh day imposed on the people. Thus the way was prepared for the stringent law of Sabbath observance laid down in the fourth commandment.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
25. To-day is a sabbath In three ways the sanctity of the sabbath was marked in this miracle . There was a double quantity on the sixth day, there was none on the seventh day, and that gathered on the sixth did not putrefy on the seventh.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
‘And Moses said, “Eat that today. For today is a sabbath in honour of Yahweh. Today you will not find it in the surrounding area (field, countryside). Six days you will gather it, but on the seventh day is the Sabbath, in it there will be none.” And so it was that on the seventh day some of the people went out in order to gather, and they found none.’
No Manna could be gathered on the Sabbath because there was none available. It was ‘a Sabbath unto Yahweh’, a day of quietness for the purpose of honouring and worshipping Him. Yet inevitably some went out to see what they could find. But they found none as they had been told. There can be no explanation for this except the hand of Yahweh. It is a reminder that God often controls the natural, as He had done in Egypt, rather than doing spectacular miracles.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Heb 4:1-3 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Exo 16:25 And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day [is] a sabbath unto the LORD: to day ye shall not find it in the field.
Ver. 25. Eat that to day. ] So shall those that labour in the Lord rest and feast in heaven. Thus the Rabbis moralise it.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Exo 16:23, Exo 16:29, Neh 9:14
Reciprocal: Rom 14:6 – regardeth it
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
16:25 And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day [is] a sabbath unto the LORD: to day ye shall not {l} find it in the field.
(l) God took away the opportunity for their labour, to signify how holy he would have the Sabbath kept.