In Exodus, on which day did the Israelites gather twice as much manna?

In Exodus, the Israelites gathered twice as much manna on the sixth day.

The increase was connected to the Sabbath. Exodus 16 says the people normally gathered manna each morning, but on the sixth day they collected a double portion so they would not need to gather food on the seventh day. The extra portion was described as remaining available for the Sabbath.

This instruction formed part of the Israelites’ wilderness food routine after they complained about having no bread. Manna is presented in the biblical account as a daily provision, with the sixth-day double gathering establishing a weekly pattern of preparation and rest.

A common mix-up is to answer “the seventh day,” because the Sabbath was the day on which the Israelites were not to gather manna. The doubled collection happened beforehand, on the sixth day. Exodus also says that some people nevertheless went out looking for manna on the seventh day, but found none.