This calendar shows that God had
a week comprised of seven days, with six
days being designated for work and the
seventh for rest. For
about 40 years the Israelites had a lesson
from God on which day to gather bread
and which was the Sabbath.
Ex
16:22-30 "And it came to pass, that
on the sixth day they gathered twice as
much bread, two omers for one man: and
all the rulers of the congregation came
and told Moses. And he said unto them,
This is that which the LORD hath said,
To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath
unto the LORD: bake that which ye will
bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe;
and that which remaineth over lay up for
you to be kept until the morning.And they
laid it up till the morning, as Moses
bade: and it did not stink, neither was
there any worm therein. And Moses said,
Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath
unto the LORD: to day ye shall not find
it in the field. Six days ye shall gather
it; but on the seventh day, which is the
sabbath, in it there shall be none. And
it came to pass, that there went out some
of the people on the seventh day for to
gather, and they found none. And the LORD
said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to
keep my commandments and my laws? 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. So the people
rested on the seventh day. God saw those
who went out to find bread on the Sabbath
and asked, "How long refuse ye to keep
my commandments".
The
above passage provides evidence of the
first six days of the week being for work,
followed by the seventh-day Sabbath. It
also provides evidence that the seventh-day
Sabbath was observed before the 10 commandments
were pronounced on Mt. Sinai.
In
the next
"Calendar of Evidence" God
speaks and writes about the seventh-day
when providing the 10 Commandments to
the Israelites.