Exodus 35:3
+ 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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In The King James Version
Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 12:16In the first day there shall be to you a holy convocation, and in the seventh day a holy convocation; no kind of work shall be done in them, except that which every man must eat, that only may be done by you.
Numbers 15:32While the children of Israel [God prevails] were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks on the Shabath ·Intermission· 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 →