Jeremiah 17:21
He says, “Listen to this warning carefully! Stop doing work on ◄Sabbath/our rest► days! Stop carrying loads through these gates on those days!
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Cross References
Numbers 15:32One day, while the Israelis were in the desert, some of them saw a man who was gathering firewood on the Sabbath/rest day.
Deuteronomy 4:15“On the day that Yahweh spoke to your ancestors at Sinai Mountain, he was invisible. So, be careful
Deuteronomy 11:16“But I warn you, do not turn away from Yahweh our God and start to worship other gods,
Nehemiah 13:15During that time, I saw some people in Judea who were working on the Sabbath day. Some were pressing grapes to make wine. Others were putting grain, bags of wine, baskets of grapes, figs, and many [HYP] other things, on their donkeys and taking them into Jerusalem. I warned them that they should not sell things to the people of Judea on Sabbath days.
Proverbs 4:23It is very important that you be careful about what you think, because what you think controls [MET] the things that you do.
Jeremiah 17:22Do not carry loads out of your houses or do any other work on Sabbath days! Instead, cause Sabbath days to be ◄holy/set apart for me►. I commanded your ancestors to do that,
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 17:20-27
Sabbath-Sanctification. ( b. c. 600.) 19 Thus said the Lord unto me; Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by the which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem; 20 And say unto them, Hear ye the word of the Lord , ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates: 21 Thus saith the Lord ; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem; 22… Read the whole commentary →