They laid it up until the morning, as Moses ordered, and it didn’t become foul, and there were no worms in it.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Exodus 16:24 in context
Exodus 16:21–27
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They gathered it morning by morning, everyone according to his eating. When the sun grew hot, it melted.
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On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one; and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.
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He said to them, “This is that which the LORD has spoken, ‘Tomorrow is a solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD. Bake that which you want to bake, and boil that which you want to boil; and all that remains over lay up for yourselves to be kept until the morning.’”
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They laid it up until the morning, as Moses ordered, and it didn’t become foul, and there were no worms in it.
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Moses said, “Eat that today, for today is a Sabbath to the LORD. Today you shall not find it in the field.
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Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day is the Sabbath. In it there shall be none.”
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On the seventh day, some of the people went out to gather, and they found none.
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