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Exodus 35:2

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.

On the seventh day ... a sabbath of rest ... whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death. The violation of the rest of the Sabbath was not only an act of impious audacity against the Creator, but of direct rebellion against the theocratic Sovereign of Israel. It is as a breach of the civil law of the kingdom that the infringement of sabbatic rest is here proclaimed a capital crime.

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See also Exodus 35:2 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    See Exodus 31:12....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    6. THE BUILDING OF THE TABERNACLE CHAPTER 35 The Commandments Concerning the Tabernacle Remembered and the Offerings _ 1. The Sabbath law emphasized (Exodus 35:1)_ 2. The offerings restated (Exodus...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    EXODUS 35-40. P S. THE CONSTRUCTION AND ERECTION OF THE SACRED TENT. This division of the book is generally recognised as coming from the latest stratum in the Hexateuch. This conclusion can be denied...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    SABBATH OF REST. Hebrew "sabbath of sabbatizing". See note on Exodus 16:23....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _an holy day_ Heb. _holiness_(without -day"). Probably _ḳôdesh_has been accidentally transposed; and we should read, as in Exodus 31:15, _a sabbath of_ ENTIRE _rest, holy to Jehovah_. For -entire rest...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Command to observe the sabbath. A repetition of the substance of Exo Exodus 31:12-17 (note that _v._2 is in the main identical verbally with Exodus 31:15), placed here apparently as a reminder to the...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 35 And Mo-ses assembled all the congregation of the children of Is-ra-el, and said unto them, These are the words which Je-ho-vah hath commanded, that ye should do them....

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    35:2 day, (c-19) Lit. 'holiness.' _ Kodesh_ . see Note at ch. 25.8....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    EXODUS: *ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS TO MOSES EXODUS CHAPTER S 19 TO 40 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 35 Chapter s 35-39 show how Moses obeyed God’s instructions. We can...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    XXXV. ITERATION OF THE LAW CONCERNING THE SABBATH. (1-3) Moses, being about to require the people to engage in the work, first, of constructing the materials for the Tabernacle, and then of uprearing...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    שֵׁ֣שֶׁת יָמִים֮ תֵּעָשֶׂ֣ה מְלָאכָה֒ וּ בַ †...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XXXV. _ THE CONCLUSION._ Exodus 35:1 - Exodus 40:1. The remainder of the narrative sets forth in terms almost identical with the directions already given, the manner in which the Divine inju...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE SABBATH AND OFFERINGS TO GOD Exodus 35:1 Very significantly this chapter commences with the reiteration of the Rest-day. Perhaps the people needed to be reminded that, amid all the din of prepara...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    This and the four following Chapter s contain the account of the actual building of the Tabernacle. At the very commencement the Sabbath obligation was again declared. The people were then called on t...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy (a) day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death. (a) In which you shall re...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Sabbath. The frequent repetition of this precept, cannot escape the notice of the attentive reader. The sabbath was a distinctive mark of the Jews, and was generally observed by them with the utmost c...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    The introduction of the precept here concerning the Sabbath, before the introduction of the precept concerning the building of the tabernacle, seems to have been made with this design, to intimate, th...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    "In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai." Up to this point all the dealings of God have been the...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 35 THROUGH 40. Besides the separation of Israel from the inhabitants of the land wherein they were to dwell, which is found in chapter 34, there is in chapter...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    SIX DAYS SHALL WORK BE DONE,.... Or "may be done" u; everyone might do what work he pleased, or the business of his calling, on the six days of the weeks; he had liberty granted him of God, and might...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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. Ver. 2. _Six days shall work...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Six days shall work be done_ Work for the tabernacle, but on the seventh day they must not strike a stroke, no, not at the tabernacle work; the honour of the sabbath was above that of the sanctuary....

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The Sabbath. 4 The free gifts for the Tabernacle. 20 The readinesse of the people to offer. 30 Bezaleel and Aholiab are called to the worke. 1 AND Moses gathered all the Congregation of the chil...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE CALL FOR VOLUNTARY OFFERINGS...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Six days shall work be done. These words contain not only a permission, but a command: the people were to be engaged in the labor of their calling during the week, and none to be found needlessly idle...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    FOURTH DIVISION The building of the tabernacle. The house of the redeemer and lawgiver, the residence of the king of Israel; or the erection of the tent of meeting Exodus 35-40 FIRST SECTION Summon...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    THE FREE WILL OFFERING (vs.1-29) It is only in verse 4 to 29 that God asks and receives a free will offering from Israel, and it may seem strange that verses 2 and 3 previously insist once more on th...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    HOLY: _ Heb._ holiness...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-3 The mild and easy yoke of Christ has made our sabbath duties more delightful, and our sabbath restraints less irksome, than those of the Jews; but we are the more guilty by neglecting them. Surel...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    This command of the sabbath is repeated here, as also EXODUS 31:13, together with the instructions for the building of the tabernacle, and its utensils, to show that they were made for no other use th...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    These Chapter s contain a recapitulation of the various parts of the tabernacle and its furniture; and inasmuch as, I have already given what I believe to be the import of the more prominent parts, it...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Exodus 35:2 Work H4399 done H6213 (H8735) six H8337 days H3117 seventh H7637 day H3117 day H6944 Sabbath...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE COMMAND COMES TO KEEP THE SABBATH (EXODUS 35:1). Whilst at first this command appears to be on its own and not connected with the context its positioning is in fact very important. For at last aft...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: People instructed as to the tabernacle. The gifts of the people for the work. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Bezaleel, Aholiab. CONCLUSION: God loves a cheerful giver and is best pleased with a f...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    The six last Chapter s of this book are chiefly a repetition of what the Lord had commanded Moses. Hence the substance of them has been anticipated. REFLECTIONS. God who commanded his sanctuary to b...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EXODUS 35:1 Tabernacle: Preparation for the Presence. The final section of Exodus 1:1 describes the construction of the tabernacle, which is then filled by the glory of the Lord ...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 35:1. And Moses assembled = vayyakheyl]. This assembling suggests the idea of reuniting and strengthening the bonds of union among “all the congregation,” which, through the sa...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    THE CONSTRUCTION AND UPREARING OF THE TABERNACLE. EXPOSITION ITERATION OF THE LAW CONCERNING THE SABBATH. The work commanded during the time of Moses' first stay upon Sinai (ch. 25-31.), and hindered...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    And Moses gathered the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said unto them, These are the words which the LORD hath commanded, that you shall do them. Six days shall work be done, but...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    six days Exodus 20:9 Exodus 20:10 Exodus 23:12 Exodus 31:13 Exodus 34:21

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Six days shall work be done — Work for the tabernacle, but on the seventh day — You must not strike a stroke, no not at the tabernacle — work; the honour of the sabbath was above that of the sanctuary...

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