Exodus 35:2

‘Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be a holy day for you, a Shabath ·Intermission· of solemn rest to Adonai: whoever does any work in it shall be put to death.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1Moses [Drawn out] assembled all the congregation of the children of Israel [God prevails], and said to them, “These are the words which Adonai has enjoined, that you should do them.

3+ 35:3. Ex 35:3 (#4.289): T. Not to kindle a fire on Sabbath in any of your homes / R. The court is not to inflict punishment on the Sabbath R. Note: The Rabbis reason that because some punishments were inflicted by fire, therefore the capitol punishment of burning (Lev 20:14 OU400) will not be done on a Sabbath. / R. Note: Some people interpret this command as applying to electrical currents. Therefore in honor of God and Sabbath they will not turn on an electrical light nor start a car engine due to the electrical spark created You shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations on the Shabath ·Intermission· day.’”

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Cross References

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.

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.

Numbers 15:32While the children of Israel [God prevails] were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks on the Shabath ·Intermission· day.

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 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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