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God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it from all his work which he had created and made.
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A Universal Gift of Rest
Commentators emphasize that God blessed and sanctified the seventh day before the Law of Moses, establishing it as a universal principle for all humanity. While specific regulations were later given to Israel, the core concept of a weekly day for rest and worship is rooted in God's own creative act, intended as a perpetual gift for everyone.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
צבא tsābā' “a host in marching order,” a company of persons or things in the order of their nature and the progressive d…
19th Century
Anglican
Sanctified it: That is, separated it from ordinary uses and hallowed it. Legal observance of the Sabbath did not begin until the d…
Baptist
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he res…
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16th Century
Protestant
And God blessed the seventh day. It appears that God is here said to bless in the way humans do, because they bless one whom they highly e…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it A day in which he took delight and pleasure, having finished all …
After six days, God ceased from all works of creation. In miracles, He has overruled nature, but never changed its settled course or added to it. G…
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