Beginning of the End - Ellen G. White

the bread which the Lord has given you to eat." The people found
that there was an abundant supply for all. They "ground it on
millstones or beat it in the mortar, cooked it in pans, and made cakes
of it." "And the taste of it was like wafers made with honey"
(Numbers 11:8; Exodus 16:31).
They were directed to gather an omer? each day for every
person and not to leave any of it until the morning. The amount for
the day must be gathered in the morning, because all of it that
remained on the ground was melted by the sun. "He who gathered
much had nothing left over, and he who gathered little had no lack."
How the Sabbath Was Honored
On the sixth day the people gathered two omers for every
person. The leaders quickly told Moses what had been done. His
answer was, "This is what the Lord has said, 'Tomorrow is a
Sabbath rest, a holy Sabbath unto the Lord. Bake what you will bake
today, and boil what you will boil; and lay up for yourselves all that
remains, to be kept until the morning.'" They did this, and found that
the manna did not spoil. And Moses said, "Eat that today, for today
is a Sabbath to the Lord; today you will not find it in the field. Six
days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there
will be none."
God requires that His holy day be kept as sacredly now as in
the time of Israel. We should make the day before the Sabbath a day
of preparation, so that everything may be ready for its sacred hours.
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