Note.—This was a full month and more before they came to Sinai.
12. When had God said this?
In the beginning, when He sanctified the Sabbath. Gen. 2:3.
Note.—In the wilderness of Sin, before Israel came to Sinai, Moses said to Jethro, his father-in-law, “I do make them know the statutes of God, and His laws” (Ex. 18:16), which shows that these statutes and laws existed before they were proclaimed on Sinai.
13. What did some of the people do on the seventh day?
“It came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none.” Ex. 16:27.
14. How did God reprove their disobedience?
“And the Lord said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep My commandments and My laws?” Verse 28.
15. Why was double manna given on the sixth day?
“See, for that the Lord hath given you the Sabbath, therefore He giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.” Verse 29.