Rest

In the reading from Exodus 16, the Lord makes a reference to His third commandment concerning the Sabbath (Exodus 16:2-15).  The people are complaining about the lack of food.  They want to go back to captivity in Egypt where they were well fed, and they accuse the Lord of bringing them into the wilderness to kill them.

So, the Lord says that he will rain bread from heaven for them and that they will gather a day’s portion each day and then on the sixth day the Lord will provide twice as much...