Exodus 23:12 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | ASV

Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest; that thine ox and thine ass may have rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the sojourner, may be refreshed.

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Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

This is the first mention of the Sabbatical year; the law for it is given at length in (Leviticus 25:2). Both the Sabbatical year and t…

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

The “miscellaneous laws” are here continued. From Exodus 23:1 to Exodus 23:9 no kind of sequence in the laws can be traced; from Exodus 23:10 to th…

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century

Protestant

16th Century

Six days you shall do your work. In this passage, the incidental use of the Sabbath is again referred to, although it is no inherent part …

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

Six days you shall do your work
That is, they might do what work they would on the six days of the week:

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

Every seventh year the land was to rest. They must not plow or sow it; what the earth produced of itself was to be eaten and not stored up. This la…

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