Observing the Sabbath

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Exodus 16:22-30 Amplified Bible

The Sabbath Observed

22 Now on the sixth day, they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each person; and all the leaders of the congregation came and told Moses. 23 He said to them, “This is what the Lord has said: ‘Tomorrow is a solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to the Lord’; bake and boil what you will bake and boil [today], and all that remains left over put aside for yourselves to keep until morning.” 24 They put it aside until morning, as Moses told them, and it did not become foul, nor was it wormy. 25 Then Moses said, “Eat that today, for today is a Sabbath to the Lord; today you will not find it in the field. 26 Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will be none [in the field].”
27 Now on the seventh day, some of the people went out to gather, but they found none. 28 Then the Lord said to Moses, “How long do you [people] refuse to keep My commandments and My instructions (laws)? 29 See, the Lord has given you the Sabbath; therefore, He gives you the bread for two days on the sixth day. Let every man stay in his place; no man is to leave his place on the seventh day.” 30 So the people rested on the seventh day.

For Reflection

Here is another example of God's will for economic and social justice.  Suppose you had to work seven days a week in backbreaking labor for 14 hours a day with little or no pay. What do you think that would do to your spirit, to your family life to your children's lives or to your sense of hope?

The Sabbath gave people a break. A day to rest. A day to restore one’s spirit. A day to rejoice life with family and friends.

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Set aside time once a week to renew your spirit and reestablish your trust and hope in your God and your faith.

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