02 - The Giving of the Manna in Exodus

We can, with precision, date the origin of sabbath-observance among men – and then only by the Jews. It started at the same time as the giving of the manna in the wilderness soon after the exodus of the Hebrews from Egypt. This is when the sabbath for man began (Ex. 16:22-26). Indeed, not only did this occasion mark the origin among men of the sabbath, the seventh-day rest, but it was the first time the word sabbath was ever used in the history of man.