Reference

Exodus 16:30

So the people rested on the seventh day.
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And the Lord said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?

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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.

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So the people rested on the seventh day.

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And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.

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And Moses said, This is the thing which the Lord commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.

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Seventh-Day Sabbath
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Sabbath Commandment
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Seventh-Day Sabbath

While the verse explicitly states the people rested on the seventh day, it does not explicitly use the term "Sabbath" or directly link this rest to a divine command or institution of the Sabbath.

Sabbath at Creation

This verse describes the Israelites resting on a specific seventh day in the wilderness, without any mention or implication of God's rest at creation. It only states the action of the people, not the origin or reason for the Sabbath.

Sabbath Commandment

The verse states that the people rested, which is an action, not a direct statement about a commandment or law. It describes an event that occurred, but does not explicitly present the Sabbath as a commandment.