Exodus 34:21
+ 34:21. Ex 34:21 (#4.288): T. To rest from working the land on the seventh day Sabbath / R. To rest the land during the seventh year Sabbath by not doing any work which enhances growth T. Directive: Even in plowing time and harvest season. You are not to harvest on Sabbath according to (Ex 34:21) / R. Note: The Rabbis define harvesting as: picking grain, removing the husks, rubbing the heads, cleaning or bruising the ears, throwing the ears up in the hand “Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest: in plowing time and in harvest you shall rest.
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Exodus 20:9You shall labor six days, and do all your work,
Exodus 23:12+ 23:12. Ex 23:12 (#4.284): To rest on the seventh day, the Sabbath day Directive: Your animals, servants, and the stranger among you shall rest and be refreshed “Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest, that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your servant, and the alien may be refreshed.
Deuteronomy 5:12+ 5:12. Deut 5:12; Ex 20:8 (Gen 2:1-3; Ex 20:8-11) (#4.280): T. To set apart the seventh day, Sabbath day, and keep it holy / R. To sanctify the day with Kiddush ·Sanctification· and Havdallah ·Separation·; these are the rituals and prayers associated with bringing in Sabbath Friday night (7th day) and closing Sabbath Saturday evening (1st day) T. Reason: Sabbath is a remembrance that God rested from all his works and blessed the seventh day (Gen 2:1-3). R. Quoting, Rabbi Shimon ben Menasia said “The Sabbath was handed to you, not you to the Sabbath”. Rabbi Yeshua says “Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath” (Mark 2:27) R. Directive: You are not to harvest on Sabbath according to (Ex 34:21). The Rabbis define what constitutes harvesting as: picking grain, removing the husks, rubbing the heads, cleaning or bruising the ears, throwing the ears up in the hand “Observe the Shabath ·Intermission· day, to keep it holy, as Adonai your God enjoined you.
Luke 13:14The ruler of the synagogue, being indignant because Yeshua [Salvation] had healed on the Sabbath ·To cease·, said to the multitude, “There are six days in which men ought to work. Therefore come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath ·To cease· day!”
Matthew Henry on Exodus 34:19-28
Solemn Feasts Appointed. ( b. c. 1491.) 18 The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib: for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt. 19 All that openeth the matrix is mine; and every firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male. 20 But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem.… Read the whole commentary →