Commentary on Harmony of the Law Volume 1 Complete John Calvin (continued)
HARMONY OF THE LAW · VOLUME 1
24. And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade; and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein.
24. Et reposuerunt illud usque mane, sicut praeceperat Moses: et non computruit, nec vermis fuit in eo.
25. And Moses said, Eat that today; for today is a sabbath unto the Lord: today ye shall not find it in the field.
25. Dixitque Moses, Comedite illud hodie: quia Sabbathum est bodie Jehovae. Hodie non invenietis illud in agro.
26. Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none.
26. Sex diebus colligetis illud: die autem septimo est Sabbathum, non erit in illo.
27. And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none.
27. Accidit autem die septimo ut egrederentur quidam e populo ad colligendum illud: et non invenerunt.
28. And the Lord said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
28. Tunc ait Jehova ad Mosen, Usque quo renuitis servare praecepta mea et leges meas?
29. 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.
29. Videte quod Jehova posuerit vobis Sabbathum: ideo ipse dat vobis die sexto panem duorum dierum; quisque apud se quiescat nec ullus egrediatur e loco suo die septimo.
30. So the people rested on the seventh day.
30. Quievit itaque populus die septimo.
19. And Moses said, Let no man. Moses here recounts that, when he had commanded them all not to take more than enough for their daily food, and to gather a double portion the day before the Sabbath, some were disobedient on both points. As to the former, since God would supply their food to them just as the breast is given to babes, it was a sign of