Exodus 16:29

Let no man go out of his place] Jewish legalists interpreted this commandment to mean strictly that throughout the sabbath day a man must maintain the same posture in which he was found at its commencement. As this was practically impossible it was held to be allowable to walk on the sabbath day a distance not exceeding 2,000 ells, which was supposed to be the distance from the centre of the camp to its circumference.

31, Coriander] an annual plant much cultivated in the East. The seeds have an aromatic flavour, and are used as a seasoning in cookery and also medicinally. Wafers] thin cakes.

32-34. These vv. seem to be a later insertion, as they presuppose the erection of the tabernacle (Exodus 16:33). There would be no need to gather a pot of manna for preservation till the end of the wanderings and the cessation of the manna.