"Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest, that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your handmaid, and the alien may be refreshed.

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Albert Barnes

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

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

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

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

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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