Exodus 35:3

No fire is to be lighted in any of your houses on the Sabbath day.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.

In Context

2Six days let work be done, but the seventh day is to be a holy day to you, a Sabbath of rest to the Lord; whoever does any work on that day is to be put to death.

4And Moses said to all the meeting of the children of Israel, This is the order which the Lord has given:

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Cross References

Exodus 12:16And on the first day there is to be a holy meeting and on the seventh day a holy meeting; no sort of work may be done on those days but only to make ready what is necessary for everyone's food.

Numbers 15:32Now while the children of Israel were in the waste land, they saw a man who was getting sticks on the Sabbath day.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 35:2-20

Orders Concerning the Tabernacle. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said unto them, These are the words which the Lord hath commanded, that ye should do them. 2 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the Lord : whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death. 3 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day. 4 And Moses spake unto all the congregation of… Read the whole commentary →

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