King James Version
Exodus 16:27 in the King James Version says “And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 16 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none.”
Exodus 16:27 · KJV
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.
Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none.
And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none.
And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“And it came to pass that there went out”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
“some of the people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“for to gather”
H3950properly, to pick up, i.e., (generally) to gather; specifically, to glean
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“and they found”
H4672properly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
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