Double Bread on the Sixth Day and the Coming Sabbath

Mekhilta DeRabbi Shimon Ben Yochai 16:21

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"And it came to pass on the sixth day that they gathered double bread" (Exodus 16:22) - bread that was different [from the ordinary]; "two omers for one" - double bread. "And all the chiefs of the congregation came and told Moses." They said to him: our master Moses, how is this day different from the other days? He said to them: "It is what the LORD has spoken: tomorrow is a solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD." They said to him: when? He said to them: tomorrow.

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