But on the sixth day they were to “prepare that which they bring in and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily….And they laid it up until morning...and it did not stink...So the people rested on the seventh day.” Exodus 16:5, 24, 30. These words show that the people had a knowledge of God‘s seventh-day Sabbath even before the law was given on Mount Sinai!
Ngunit sa ikaanim na araw kinakailangan nilang "maghanda ng kanilang dala, na ibayo ng kanilang pinupulot sa araw-araw....At kanilang itinatago hanggang sa kinaumagahan...at hindi bumaho....Kaya ang bayan ay nagpahinga sa ikapitong araw." Exodo 16:5, 24, 30. Ipinapakita ng mga salitang ito na nalalaman na ng mga tao ang ikapitong araw ng Sabbath ng Dios bago pa man ibigay ang kautusan sa Bundok ng Sinai!