8501. Verses 25-27 And Moses said, Eat it today, because today is a sabbath to Jehovah; today you will not find it in the field. Six days you shall gather it; and on the seventh day, the sabbath, there will be none in it. And so it was on the seventh day, that some of the people went out to gather, and did not find.

'And Moses said' means instructions regarding this matter. 'Eat it today' means making it their own for ever. 'Because today is a sabbath to Jehovah' means because good has been joined to truth by the Lord. 'Today you will not find it in the field' means that then there will no longer be any acquiring of good through truth. 'Six days you shall gather it' means the acceptance of truth before it is joined to good. 'And on the seventh day, the sabbath' means that after this comes the joining together. 'There will be none in it' means that no longer will there be good acquired through truth. 'And so it was on the seventh day' means a state when good and truth have been joined together. 'That some of the people went out to gather, and did not find' means that they wished to acquire it, but none was given.