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Exodus 16:22-23. A double portion. On the sixth day a Hebrew household prepares a larger measured manna supply beside a simple clay cooking pot and flat baking stone, two filled plain measuring bowls prominent. Moses explains the coming rest to two leaders nearby. Modest camp setting, no modern oven, no numbers or lettering. Bronze Age Exodus setting, not first-century staging. One 16:9 single scene. No text or lettering.
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Exodus 16:22-23

A double portion

Hunger in the wilderness · Exodus 16

Story guide: The sixth day's double portion is prepared in advance for the holy Sabbath rest.

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22And it happened on the sixth day that they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each person, and all the leaders of the congregation came and told Moses.

23And he said to them, “This is what Yahweh has spoken: Tomorrow is a solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to Yahweh. What you will bake, bake; and what you will boil, boil; and all that is left over, set aside for yourselves to be kept until the morning.”

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