King James Version
Exodus 16:28 in the King James Version says “And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 16 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?”
Exodus 16:28 · KJV
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.
So the people rested on the seventh day.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
“ye to keep”
H8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc
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