Bear in mind that the Lord has given you the Sabbath; that is why on the sixth day he gives you bread for two days. Everyone is to stay where they are on the seventh day; no one is to go out. The Sabbath is a gift — the Lord has given you the Sabbath. The language of gift is deliberate: the Sabbath is not a burden imposed on Israel but a provision made for them, like the manna itself. The sixth-day double portion is the practical gift that makes the Sabbath possible — God provides for the rest before He commands it. Mark 2:27 says the Sabbath was made for man. God's gift of the double portion is the proof of the principle: the Sabbath is given for human benefit, not for divine benefit. Stay where you are on the seventh day — rest is the command, and the provision of the double portion is what makes obedience possible without suffering.

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