Exodus 16 · Verse 28

Exodus 16:28

And the Lord said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
Exodus 16:28, King James Version

Exodus 16:28 in other translations

BSBThen the LORD said to Moses, “How long will you refuse to keep My commandments and instructions?
WEBThe LORD said to Moses, “How long do you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws?
ASVAnd Jehovah said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
YLTAnd Jehovah saith unto Moses, ‘How long have ye refused to keep My commands, and My laws?
DARBYAnd Jehovah said to Moses, How long do ye refuse to keep my commandments and my laws?
BBEAnd the Lord said to Moses, How long will you go against my orders and my laws?
WebsterAnd the LORD said to Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?

What does Exodus 16:28 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 16:13-31

13-31. at even the quails came up, and covered the camp--This bird is of the gallinaceous kind [that is, relating to the order of heavy-bodied, largely terrestrial birds], resembling the red partridge, but not larger than the turtledove. They are found in certain seasons in the places through which the Israelites passed, being migratory birds, and they were probably brought to the camp by "a wind from the Lord" as…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 16:22-31

Here is mention of a seventh-day sabbath. It was known, not only before the giving of the law upon mount Sinai, but before the bringing of Israel out of Egypt, even from the beginning, Ge 2:3. The setting apart one day in seven for holy work, and, in order to that, for holy rest, was ever since God created man upon the earth, and is the most ancient of the Divine laws. Appointing them to rest on the seventh day, he…

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Exodus 16:28 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֶל\־'el-toH413
מֹשֶׁ֑הmo.ShehMosesH4872
עַד\־'ad-untilH5704
אָ֙נָה֙'a.nahwhen?H575
מֵֽאַנְתֶּ֔םme.'an.Temhave you refusedH3985
לִשְׁמֹ֥רlish.Morto keepH8104
מִצְוֹתַ֖יmitz.vo.Taicommandments myH4687
וְתוֹרֹתָֽי\׃ve.to.ro.Taiand laws myH8451

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Cross references for Exodus 16:28

  • Psalms 78:10

    They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;

  • 2 Kings 17:14

    Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the Lord their God.

  • Psalms 106:13

    They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:

  • Ezekiel 20:13

    But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.

  • Numbers 14:11

    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?

  • Psalms 78:22

    Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:

  • Isaiah 7:13

    And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?

  • Ezekiel 20:16

    Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.

  • Psalms 81:13-14

    Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways! I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

  • Isaiah 7:9

    And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.

  • Ezekiel 5:6

    And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that are round about her: for they have refused my judgments and my statutes, they have not walked in them.

  • Jeremiah 4:14

    O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
10:3; Nu 14:11; 20:12; 2Ki 17:14; Ps 78:10,22; 81:13,14; 106:13
Isa 7:9,13; Jer 4:14; 9:6; Eze 5:6; 20:13,16; Mr 9:19

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Context

  • Exodus 16:27

    And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none.

  • Exodus 16:28

    And the Lord said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?

  • Exodus 16:29

    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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Exodus 16:28 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y Jehová dijo á Moisés: ¿Hasta cuándo no querréis guardar mis mandamientos y mis leyes?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et l’ Éternel dit à Moïse: Jusques à quand refuserez-vous de garder mes commandements et mes lois?
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Jehova sprach zu Mose: Bis wann weigert ihr euch, meine Gebote und meine Gesetze zu beobachten?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Dixit autem Dominus ad Moysen: Usquequo non vultis custodire mandata mea et legem meam?