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The Sabbath's Merciful Heart
Commentators emphasize that this verse reveals the compassionate purpose behind the Sabbath. Beyond personal worship, the command ensures rest for the most vulnerable members of society—servants, foreigners, and even working animals. The goal is for everyone to be "refreshed," which one scholar notes literally means to "take a breath."
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Exodus
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Albert Barnes
On Exodus 23:10–12
18th Century
Theologian
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
On Exodus 23:1–19
19th Century
Bishop
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
On Exodus 23:12
16th Century
Theologian
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 …
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John Gill
On Exodus 23:12
17th Century
Pastor
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
On Exodus 23:10–19
17th Century
Minister
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…