8484. Verses 21-24. And they gathered it morning by morning, everyone according to the mouth of his eating: and the sun grew hot and it melted. And it was that on the sixth day they gathered bread double, two omers for each one; and all the princes of the assemblage came and told Moses. And he said unto them, This is what Jehovah spake, A rest, a Sabbath holy to Jehovah, is the morrow; what ye will bake, bake ye; and what ye will boil, boil ye; and all that is left over, this lay ye by for you to keep until the morning. And they laid it by till the morning, as Moses commanded, and it did not stink, and the worm was not in it.
“And they gathered it morning by morning,” signifies the reception of good from the Lord continually; “every man according to the mouth of his eating,” signifies by everyone according to his power of appropriation; “and the sun grew hot and it melted,” signifies that it vanishes away according to the degree of the increase of concupiscence; “and it was on the sixth day,” signifies at the end of every state; “they gathered bread double,” signifies conjunction from the good received; “two omers for each one,” signifies power then; “and all the princes of the assemblage came and told Moses,” signifies reflection from primary truths; “and he said unto them,” signifies instruction; “This is what Jehovah spake,” signifies influx from the Divine; “a rest,” signifies a state of peace when there is no temptation; “a Sabbath holy to Jehovah is the morrow,” signifies the conjunction of good and truth to eternity; “what ye will bake, bake ye,” signifies preparation for the conjunction of good; “and what ye will boil, boil ye,” signifies preparation for the conjunction of truth; “and all that is left over, this lay ye by for you to keep until the morning,” signifies the enjoyment of all good and truth then as it were from their own; “and they laid it by till the morning,” signifies the enjoyment that is to come; “as Moses commanded,” signifies according to instruction from truth Divine; “and it did not stink, and the worm was not in it,” signifies that there was nothing filthy therein, because in this way it was made their own by the Lord.
