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href="/bsb/exodus/16.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/exodus/16.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Moses, &#8220How long will you refuse to keep my commands and my instructions?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/exodus/16.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />The LORD asked Moses, “How long will these people refuse to obey my commands and instructions?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/exodus/16.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/exodus/16.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Moses, “How long will you refuse to keep My commandments and instructions?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/exodus/16.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/exodus/16.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And the LORD said to Moses, “How long do you refuse to keep My commandments and My laws?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/exodus/16.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Moses, “How long do you refuse to keep My commandments and My instructions?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/exodus/16.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Moses, &#8220How long do you refuse to keep My commandments and My instructions?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/exodus/16.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Moses, “How long do you refuse to keep My commandments and My instructions?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/exodus/16.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then Yahweh said to Moses, “How long do you refuse to keep My commandments and My laws?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/exodus/16.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Moses, “How long do you [people] refuse to keep My commandments and My instructions (laws)?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/exodus/16.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Moses, “How long will you refuse to keep my commands and instructions?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/exodus/16.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Moses, &#8220How long will you refuse to keep My commands and instructions? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/16.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Jehovah said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/exodus/16.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Then the LORD said, "Moses, how long will you people keep disobeying my laws and teachings? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/16.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/exodus/16.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The LORD said to Moses, "How long will you refuse to do what I have commanded and instructed you to do?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/exodus/16.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Moses, "How much longer will you people refuse to obey my commands? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/exodus/16.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Then the LORD asked Moses, "How long will you people refuse to keep my commandments and my instructions?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/exodus/16.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Moses, ?How long will you refuse to keep My commandments and instructions?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/exodus/16.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So the LORD said to Moses, "How long do you refuse to obey my commandments and my instructions?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/exodus/16.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The LORD said to Moses, "How long do you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/16.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the LORD said to Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/16.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Yahweh said to Moses, “How long do you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws? <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/exodus/16.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And YHWH says to Moses, “How long have you refused to keep My commands and My laws?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/16.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'How long have ye refused to keep My commands, and My laws?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/exodus/16.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Jehovah will say to Moses, How long refused ye to watch my commands and my law?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/16.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the Lord said to Moses: How long will you refuse to keep my commandments, and my law? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/exodus/16.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Then the Lord said to Moses: “How long will you be unwilling to keep my commandments and my law?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/exodus/16.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Moses: How long will you refuse to keep my commandments and my instructions?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/exodus/16.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The LORD said to Moses, “How long will you refuse to keep my commandments and instructions?<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/exodus/16.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the LORD said to Moses, How long will you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/exodus/16.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And LORD JEHOVAH said to Moshe, “How long will you not keep my commands and my law?<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/exodus/16.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the LORD said unto Moses: 'How long refuse ye to keep My commandments and My laws?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/exodus/16.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the Lord said to Moses, How long are ye unwilling to hearken to my commands and my law?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/exodus/16-28.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=4219" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/exodus/16.htm">The Sabbath Observed</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">27</span>Yet on the seventh day some of the people went out to gather, but they did not find anything. <span class="reftext">28</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">Then the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">said</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/4872.htm" title="4872: mō·šeh (N-proper-ms) -- A great Isr. leader, prophet and lawgiver. From mashah; drawing out, i.e. Rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver.">Moses,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ- (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">“How long</a> <a href="/hebrew/575.htm" title="575: ’ā·nāh (Adv) -- Where? whither?. Or manah; contracted from 'aiyn; where?; hence, whither?, when?; also hither and thither."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3985.htm" title="3985: mê·’an·tem (V-Piel-Perf-2mp) -- To refuse. A primitive root; to refuse.">will you refuse</a> <a href="/hebrew/8104.htm" title="8104: liš·mōr (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To keep, watch, preserve. A primitive root; properly, to hedge about, i.e. Guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.">to keep</a> <a href="/hebrew/4687.htm" title="4687: miṣ·wō·ṯay (N-fpc:: 1cs) -- Commandment. From tsavah; a command, whether human or divine.">My commandments</a> <a href="/hebrew/8451.htm" title="8451: wə·ṯō·w·rō·ṯāy (Conj-w:: N-fpc:: 1cs) -- Direction, instruction, law. Or torah; from yarah; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch.">and instructions?</a> </span><span class="reftext">29</span>Understand that the LORD has given you the Sabbath; that is why on the sixth day He will give you bread for two days. On the seventh day, everyone must stay where he is; no one may leave his place.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/14-11.htm">Numbers 14:11</a></span><br />And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people treat Me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in Me, despite all the signs I have performed among them?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/20-12.htm">Numbers 20:12</a></span><br />But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust Me to show My holiness in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this assembly into the land that I have given them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/9-7.htm">Deuteronomy 9:7</a></span><br />Remember this, and never forget how you provoked the LORD your God in the wilderness. From the day you left the land of Egypt until you reached this place, you have been rebelling against the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/9-24.htm">Deuteronomy 9:24</a></span><br />You have been rebelling against the LORD since the day I came to know you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-10.htm">Psalm 78:10</a></span><br />They failed to keep God’s covenant and refused to live by His law.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-22.htm">Psalm 78:22</a></span><br />because they did not believe God or rely on His salvation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-32.htm">Psalm 78:32</a></span><br />In spite of all this, they kept on sinning; despite His wonderful works, they did not believe.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/106-24.htm">Psalm 106:24-25</a></span><br />They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise. / They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the voice of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-2.htm">Isaiah 1:2</a></span><br />Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-23.htm">Jeremiah 7:23-24</a></span><br />but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you. / Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-13.htm">Ezekiel 20:13</a></span><br />Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they utterly profaned My Sabbaths. Then I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and put an end to them in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/17-17.htm">Matthew 17:17</a></span><br />“O unbelieving and perverse generation!” Jesus replied. “How long must I remain with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring the boy here to Me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37</a></span><br />O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/9-19.htm">Mark 9:19</a></span><br />“O unbelieving generation!” Jesus replied. “How long must I remain with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring the boy to Me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/9-41.htm">Luke 9:41</a></span><br />“O unbelieving and perverse generation!” Jesus replied. “How long must I remain with you and put up with you? Bring your son here.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And the LORD said to Moses, How long refuse you to keep my commandments and my laws?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/10-3.htm">Exodus 10:3</a></b></br> And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/14-11.htm">Numbers 14:11</a></b></br> And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/20-12.htm">Numbers 20:12</a></b></br> And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/15-26.htm">Commandments</a> <a href="/exodus/8-27.htm">Commands</a> <a href="/exodus/16-4.htm">Instructions</a> <a href="/genesis/26-5.htm">Laws</a> <a href="/exodus/16-25.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/exodus/14-2.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/exodus/11-9.htm">Refuse</a> <a href="/exodus/7-14.htm">Refused</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/20-6.htm">Commandments</a> <a href="/exodus/18-23.htm">Commands</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-1.htm">Instructions</a> <a href="/exodus/18-16.htm">Laws</a> <a href="/exodus/16-32.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/exodus/16-34.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/exodus/22-17.htm">Refuse</a> <a href="/numbers/20-21.htm">Refused</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 16</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/16-1.htm">The Israelites come to Sin, and murmur for want of bread</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/16-4.htm">God promises them bread and meat from heaven, and they are rebuked</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/16-13.htm">Quail and manna are sent</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/16-16.htm">The ordering of manna</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/16-25.htm">It was not to be found on the Sabbath</a></span><br><span class="reftext">32. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/16-32.htm">An omer of it is preserved</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/16.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/exodus/16.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Then the LORD said to Moses</b><br>This phrase indicates direct communication from God to Moses, highlighting Moses' role as a mediator between God and the Israelites. Throughout the Pentateuch, Moses is depicted as a prophet and leader chosen by God to guide His people. This direct address underscores the seriousness of the situation and the divine authority behind the message. It reflects the covenant relationship where God speaks to His chosen leaders to guide His people.<p><b>How long will you refuse</b><br>This rhetorical question implies a pattern of disobedience and impatience among the Israelites. It echoes the recurring theme of Israel's stubbornness and lack of faith, which is a central issue throughout their wilderness journey. The question suggests God's frustration with the people's repeated failure to trust and obey Him, despite witnessing His miracles and provision.<p><b>to keep My commandments and instructions?</b><br>The commandments and instructions refer to the laws and guidelines given by God, which include the Ten Commandments and other specific directives, such as the observance of the Sabbath and the collection of manna. This phrase emphasizes the importance of obedience to God's law as a sign of faithfulness and trust in Him. The Israelites' failure to adhere to these instructions is a reflection of their spiritual immaturity and lack of commitment to the covenant. This theme of obedience is echoed throughout Scripture, with Jesus later affirming the importance of keeping God's commandments as a demonstration of love for Him (<a href="/john/14-15.htm">John 14:15</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant God of Israel, who delivered the Israelites from Egypt and provided for them in the wilderness.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader and prophet chosen by God to lead the Israelites out of Egypt and through the wilderness.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The people of God, who were delivered from slavery in Egypt and were journeying to the Promised Land.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wilderness_of_sin.htm">The Wilderness of Sin</a></b><br>The location where the Israelites camped and where God provided manna and quail for them.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/m/manna_and_sabbath_instructions.htm">Manna and Sabbath Instructions</a></b><br>The context of God's provision of manna and the command to observe the Sabbath, which the Israelites struggled to obey.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_commands.htm">Obedience to God's Commands</a></b><br>The importance of adhering to God's instructions, as disobedience leads to consequences and hinders our relationship with Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_provision.htm">Trust in God's Provision</a></b><br>Encouragement to trust in God's provision, as He knows our needs and provides for them in His timing and way.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_significance_of_the_sabbath.htm">The Significance of the Sabbath</a></b><br>Understanding the Sabbath as a gift from God for rest and reflection, and its role in our spiritual discipline.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/learning_from_past_mistakes.htm">Learning from Past Mistakes</a></b><br>Using the Israelites' example to learn the importance of faithfulness and obedience in our walk with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_patience_and_mercy.htm">God's Patience and Mercy</a></b><br>Recognizing God's patience and mercy, even when we fail, and His desire for us to return to Him in obedience.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_16.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 16</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_obeying_parents.htm">What does the Bible instruct about obeying parents?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_exodus_33_7-11_tent.htm">Is there any archaeological or historical evidence for a distinct 'Tent of Meeting' as described in Exodus 33:7-11, given that later passages describe the Tabernacle differently?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_moses_threaten_pharaoh_repeatedly.htm">Why does Moses repeatedly request permission for worship yet continue threatening Pharaoh (Exodus 10:9-11) if God had already determined Pharaoh's heart would be hardened?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'lord_of_the_sabbath'_mean.htm">What does 'Lord of the Sabbath' mean?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/16.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(28) <span class= "bld">How long refuse ye to keep my commandments </span>?--The people had already broken one of the positive precepts with respect to the manna (see <a href="/exodus/16-20.htm" title="Notwithstanding they listened not to Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with them.">Exodus 16:20</a>); now they broke another--in the spirit, at any rate--since they would have gathered had they found anything to gather. Thus they provoked God a second time; yet was He "so merciful, that He destroyed them not," but "turned His anger away, and did not stir up all His wrath" (<a href="/psalms/78-38.htm" title="But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yes, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.">Psalm 78:38</a>). Apparently He made allowance for the ordinance being a new one, to which they were not yet accustomed.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/16.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 28.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">How long refuse ye to keep my commandments!</span> Though Moses is addressed, it is the people who are blamed. Hence the plural verb, "refuse <span class="accented">ye</span>." Already there had been one act of disobedience in connection with the manna (see ver. 20) - now there was another - when would such sinful folly come to an end? When would the people learn that they could gain nothing by disobedience? It was "long" indeed before they were taught the lesson. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/exodus/16-28.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Then the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">said</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֹּ֥אמֶר</span> <span class="translit">(way·yō·mer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Moses,</span><br /><span class="heb">מֹשֶׁ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(mō·šeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4872.htm">Strong's 4872: </a> </span><span class="str2">Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“How long</span><br /><span class="heb">עַד־</span> <span class="translit">(‘aḏ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> </span><span class="str2">As far as, even to, up to, until, while</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will you refuse</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵֽאַנְתֶּ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(mê·’an·tem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3985.htm">Strong's 3985: </a> </span><span class="str2">To refuse</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to keep</span><br /><span class="heb">לִשְׁמֹ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(liš·mōr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8104.htm">Strong's 8104: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">My commandments</span><br /><span class="heb">מִצְוֺתַ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(miṣ·wō·ṯay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4687.htm">Strong's 4687: </a> </span><span class="str2">Commandment</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and instructions?</span><br /><span class="heb">וְתוֹרֹתָֽי׃</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ṯō·w·rō·ṯāy)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8451.htm">Strong's 8451: </a> </span><span class="str2">Direction, instruction, law</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/16-28.htm">Exodus 16:28 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/exodus/16-28.htm">Exodus 16:28 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/exodus/16-28.htm">Exodus 16:28 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/exodus/16-28.htm">Exodus 16:28 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/exodus/16-28.htm">Exodus 16:28 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/16-28.htm">Exodus 16:28 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/16-28.htm">Exodus 16:28 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/16-28.htm">Exodus 16:28 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/16-28.htm">Exodus 16:28 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/exodus/16-28.htm">Exodus 16:28 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/exodus/16-28.htm">OT Law: Exodus 16:28 Yahweh said to Moses How long do (Exo. 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