Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Exodus 31:13
Verse Exodus 31:13. My Sabbaths ye shall keep] Genesis 2:3, Genesis 2:3; and "Exodus 20:8".
Verse Exodus 31:13. My Sabbaths ye shall keep] Genesis 2:3, Genesis 2:3; and "Exodus 20:8".
The penal law of the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2. In the fourth commandment the injunction to observe the seventh day is addressed to the conscience of the people (see Exodus 20:8 note): in this place, the o...
CHAPTER 31 THE WORKMEN AND THE SABBATH _ 1. The workmen called (Exodus 31:1)_ 2. The Sabbath law emphasized (Exodus 31:12) 3. Moses receives the tables of stone (Exodus 31:18) The call of the build...
These two Chapter s form an appendix to Exodus 25-29. The golden incense altar finds no place in Exodus 25 or Exodus 26:33 or Leviticus 16 (where the annual rite of Exodus 30:10 is ignored). Instead w...
CHILDREN. sons. MY SABBATHS. Another special reference to this in connection with any special position in which Israel might be placed. (1) The manna, Exodus 16. (2) the giving of the law, Exodus 20....
_Speak thou also_ AND THOU (emph.), _speak thou_(Exodus 27:20). _Verily_ cf. on Exodus 12:15 (-surely"). _ye shall keep my Sabbaths_ the sabbaths sacred to me. Note exactly the same words in H, Levit...
VERILY, MY SABBATHS YE SHALL KEEP— As the precept of observing the sabbath has been so strongly enjoined before, it seems reasonable to conclude, that the repetition in this place has reference only t...
THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 31 And Je-ho-vah spake unto Mo-ses, saying, (2) See, I have called by name Be-zal-el the son of U-ri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Ju-dah: (3) and I have filled him w...
_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING,_ Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep. The reason for the fresh inculcation of the fourth commandment at this particular period was, that the great ardour and eage...
THE APPOINTMENT OF BEZALEEL AND AHOLIAB. THE KEEPING OF THE SABBATH 2. BY NAME] indicating a very special call: cp. Exodus 33:12; Isaiah 43:1; Isaiah 45:1;...
A SIGN] Like circumcision the sabbath is a sign or sacrament marking the covenant relation between Jehovah and His people. Cp. for circumcision Genesis 17:11; Romans 4:11, and for the sabbath Ezekiel...
EXODUS: *ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS TO MOSES EXODUS CHAPTER S 19 TO 40 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 31 BEZALEL AND OHOLIAB AND THEIR ASSISTANTS – VERSES 1-11 V1 Then...
IT IS A SIGN BETWEEN ME AND YOU. — Circumcision had been given as a covenant sign to Abraham and his descendants (Genesis 17:9); but its adoption by many of the heathen nations had rendered it no long...
THE LAW OF THE SABBATH DECLARED ANEW UNDER A PENAL SANCTION. (12-17) The worship of the tabernacle was so closely connected with Sabbatical observance (Leviticus 19:30), that no surprise can be felt a...
וְ אַתָּ֞ה דַּבֵּ֨ר אֶל ־בְּנֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙...
CHAPTER XXXI. _ BEZALEEL AND AHOLIAB._ Exodus 31:1. Next after this marking off so sharply of the holy from the profane, this consecration of men to special service, this protection of sacred unguen...
WISE WORKMEN FOR THE TABERNACLE Exodus 31:1 Whenever there is special work to be done God will find and endow the men who are to do it. “I have called,… I have filled,… I have appointed,” etc. There...
It should be borne in mind that in a certain way, these people were necessarily vulgarized by centuries of slavery and almost certainly devoid of that artistic ability which would enable them to const...
Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, (f) Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it [is] a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that [ye] may know that I [am] the LORD th...
_Sabbath. Let not the workmen do any thing for the tabernacle on that day. (Menochius) --- God reiterates and insists particularly on this commandment, which begins with the word remember; because men...
Some have thought, that the repeating the commandment respecting the sabbath in this place, was with this intention; lest the children of Israel should suppose, that while building the tabernacle, whi...
"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...
_SABBATH KEEPING_ ‘And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily My Sabbaths ye shall keep,’ etc. Exodus 31:12 From the moment in which He creat...
13._Speak thou also unto the children of Israel. _He inculcates the same things as before, with the addition of a few words, such as “for it is holiness unto you;” (337) by which expression he exhorts...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 30 AND 31. Having thus established the priesthood, and the relationship of the people with God who dwelt in the midst of them, the intercession of Christ in g...
SPEAK THOU ALSO UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL,.... Notwithstanding all that has been said and ordered concerning making the tabernacle and all things belonging to it; yet this was not to be understood t...
Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it [is] a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that [ye] may know that I [am] the LORD that d...
_Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep_ This had been mentioned thrice before, Exodus 16:23; Exodus 20:8; Exodus 23:12; but seems here to be repeated lest they should think the sacred work enjoined in this...
1 Bezaleel and Aholiab are called and made meet for the worke of the Tabernacle. 12 The obseruation of the Sabbath is againe commanded. 18 Moses receiueth the two Tables. 1 AND the LORD spake vnto...
Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily, My Sabbaths ye shall keep; for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that ye may know that I am the Lord that doth s...
CONCERNING THE CELEBRATION OF THE SABBATH...
IV. _The Architects_. Exodus 31:1-11 The summoning of Bezaleel and his assistants, Aholiab and other master-workmen, is at once a definition of sacred art and a recognition of natural artistic talent....
H. THE VISION OR THE IDEAL OF THE TABERNACLE. THE ORDERING OF THE ARK AND OF THE HOUSE OF THE COVENANT; OF THE LIVING PRESENCE OF THE LAW AND OF THE DWELLING-PLACE OF THE LAW-GIVER Exodus 25-31 I. C...
GOD'S CHOICE OF WORKMAN (vs.1-11) God now announced whom He Himself has called to do the work in building the tabernacle, men who could be depended on to fully follow God's instructions. No one was a...
12-17 Orders were now given that a tabernacle should be set up for the service of God. But they must not think that the nature of the work, and the haste that was required, would justify them in worki...
MY SABBATHS YE SHALL KEEP: this precept is here repeated, either, 1. To show the chief use of the tabernacle, and all this cost and trouble about it, to wit, that they might there acceptably serve Go...
The opening of this brief chapter records the divine call and the divine qualification of "Bezaleel and Aholiab" to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation. "And the Lord spake unto Moses, s...
Exodus 31:13 Speak H1696 (H8761) children H1121 Israel H3478 saying H559 (H8800) Surely H389 Sabbaths H7676 keep...
THE SIGN OF THE SABBATH (EXODUS 31:12). The final response and mark of loyalty and worship is found in the newly established Sabbath (Exodus 16:23; Exodus 16:25;...
Exodus 31:12 From the moment in which He created man, God required that one day in seven should be consecrated to Himself; and however this requisition may have formed the basis for much that is pecu...
CONTENTS: The tabernacle and its workmen. Sabbath made a sign between God and Israel. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Bezaleel, Aholiab. CONCLUSION: When God gives a commission, He will, in some measure giv...
Exodus 31:3. _I have filled him with the Spirit of God._ How just to ascribe the glory to God for the powers of genius, seeing he has assuredly disposed the minds of men to the arts and sciences, as m...
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 31:12 Remembering the SABBATH by keeping it HOLY is central to Israel’s life as the people of God. Observance of the Sabbath relates both to creation (v....
CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 31:14. Ye shall keep the Sabbath = Ushemartem eth hashahabbath]. The verb _shamar_ = to keep, implies the idea of guarding, watching over with tenderness and fidelity. (Comp. P...
EXPOSITION THE PENALTY FOR NOT OBSERVING THE SABBATH. Various reasons have been given for this recurrence to the sanctity of the sabbath. Kurtz connects it with the giving of the two tables, in which...
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and understanding...
verily Exodus 20:8 Leviticus 19:3 Leviticus 19:30 Leviticus 23:3...
It is a sign between me and you — The institution of the sabbath was a great instance of God's favour, and a sign that he had distinguished them from all other people: and their religious observance o...