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You shall keep the Sabbath therefore; for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
19th Century
Anglican
THE LAW OF THE SABBATH DECLARED ANEW UNDER A PENAL SANCTION.
The worship of the tabernacle was so closely connected with Sa…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore Strictly observe it, according to the rules given concerning it:
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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…
