8492. 'And he said to them' means instruction. This is clear from the meaning of 'saying', which includes what comes after it, in this instance instruction - instruction about how the manna was to be collected on the day before the sabbath. For more about this further meaning of 'saying' as instruction, see 6879, 6881, 6883, 6891, 7186, 7267, 7304, 7380.