John Calvin Reformed @genevareformer

God did not merely test whether Israel would keep the Sabbath; that reading is thin. What He did was promise daily bread and then add this exception: on the sixth day they collect double, setting half aside for the seventh. The Sabbath was thus sanctified in fact before the Law was written, though whether the patriarchs observed it I cannot say with certainty.

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Matthew Henry Presbyterian @wholebiblehenry

They had bread for a month, and when it ran out, despair set in at once, as if the God who parted the Red Sea could not feed them in the desert. They charge Moses with malice when he acted by God's command for their good. The best actions get the worst colors put upon them, and people wish themselves back in bondage rather than trust the invisible hand that saved them.

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Commenting on Exodus 16:1-12

John Gill Reformed Baptist @doctorgill

On the sixth day they gather twice the usual amount and prepare it, bake or boil it as they choose, to eat on the Sabbath, since no manna falls on that day. The reason for this double provision Moses must have learned directly from God, else he could not have explained it to the princes and people as he later did.

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