Contemplative Bible Reading

Exodus 16:23 (New Living Translation)

He told them, “This is what the Lord commanded: Tomorrow will be a day of complete rest, a holy Sabbath day set apart for the Lord. So bake or boil as much as you want today, and set aside what is left for tomorrow.”

The Ten Commandments, i.e., The Law, came in Exodus chapter 20. Yet here, before The Law, we have God telling His people that the seventh day of the week is set aside for rest. God would put enough manna on the ground on the sixth day to last them until the first day came around again.

Imagine this. God tells them that he would give them enough food on the sixth day that they wouldn’t have to bother with food on the seventh day.

What a great gift! What a bonus! And yet, people went out on the seventh day to work at gather food.

What is wrong with us people? We won’t accept gifts. Think about that. We won’t accept gifts.

What is wrong with us people? Sin (oh, that again).