On the sixth day the people gathered two omers for every person. The rulers hastened to acquaint Moses with what had been done. His answer was, "This is that which the Lord hath 296 said, Tomorrow is the rest of the holy Sabbath unto the Lord: bake that which ye will bake today, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning." They did so, and found that it remained unchanged. "And Moses said, Eat that today; for today is a Sabbath unto the Lord: today ye shall not find it in the field. Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the Sabbath, in it there shall be none."

På den sjette dag samlede folket to omer til hver. Menighedens øverster skyndte sig at fortælle Moses det. Hans svar var: "Det er netop, som Herren har sagt. I morgen er det hviledag, en hellig sabbat for Herren. Bag, hvad I vil bage, og kog, hvad I vil koge, men læg det tiloversblevne til side for at gemme det til i morgen!" Det gjorde de, og det viste sig, at det ikke fejlede noget. "Derpå sagde Moses: "Det skal I spise i dag, thi i dag er det sabbat for Herren; i dag finder I intet ude på marken. I seks dage skal I samle det, men på den syvende dag, sabbatten, er der intet at finde."