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A Sign of the Covenant
Commentators explain that the death penalty was attached to the Sabbath law because it had been elevated to a special sign of the covenant between God and Israel. To profane the Sabbath was not just a failure to rest; it was seen as an act of rejecting the covenant itself, which made it a capital offense within the nation's legal code.
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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 31:14
17th Century
Pastor
Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore
Strictly observe it, according to the rules given concerning it:
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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…