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Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to Yahweh. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall surely be put to death.
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No Work is Too Important
Commentators highlight that this command was given in the context of building the tabernacle. The explicit instruction not to work, even on this holy and urgent project, demonstrates the absolute priority God places on Sabbath rest. As one scholar notes, if building God's own house wasn't an exception, no other work would be.
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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
Six days may work be done ; &c.] Allowed to be done by an Israelite, if he would; for this is not a command to work,…
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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…
