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Sabbath Over Sanctuary
Commentators explain this command was given right before the instructions to build the Tabernacle. Prohibiting fire, which was essential for metalwork and other crafts, was a powerful way to reinforce that even the sacred and urgent work of building God's dwelling place must not violate the sanctity of Sabbath rest.
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Exodus
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Albert Barnes
On Exodus 35:3
18th Century
Theologian
This prohibition is here first distinctly expressed, but it is implied (Exodus 16:23).
Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 35:1–3
19th Century
Bishop
Moses, about to require the people to engage in the work—first, constructing the materials for the Tabernacle, and then erecting the Tabernacle its…
John Gill
On Exodus 35:3
17th Century
Pastor
You shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon
the sabbath day .
This la…
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Matthew Henry
On Exodus 35:1–3
17th Century
Minister
The mild and easy yoke of Christ has made our Sabbath duties more delightful, and our Sabbath restraints less irksome, than those of the Jews; but …