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Rest Over Even Sacred Work
Commentators note the strategic placement of this Sabbath reminder. It comes immediately after God gives detailed instructions for building the tabernacle. This serves as a powerful caution: even the most sacred and urgent work for God must not supersede the command to observe the Sabbath rest. As Matthew Henry puts it, the nature of the work did not justify breaking the Sabbath.
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Exodus
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Albert Barnes
On Exodus 31:12–17
18th Century
Theologian
The penal law of the Sabbath is detailed in Exodus 35:2-3. In the fourth commandment, the injunction to observe the seventh day is addressed to the…
Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 31:12–17
19th Century
Bishop
THE LAW OF THE SABBATH DECLARED ANEW UNDER A PENAL SANCTION.
The worship of the tabernacle was so closely connected with Sa…
John Gill
On Exodus 31:12
17th Century
Pastor
And the Lord spoke to Moses
After he had described to him the place of worship, and appointed the priests that shoul…
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Matthew Henry
On Exodus 31:12–17
17th Century
Minister
Orders were now given that a tabernacle should be set up for the service of God. But they must not think that the nature of the work, and the haste…