Exodus 31:15
“Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Six days may work be done;.... Allowed to be done by an Israelite, if he would; for this is not a command to work, but a…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Exodus 31:12-17
The penal law of the Sabbath. Exo 35:2-3. In the fourth commandment the injunction to observe the seventh day is…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Exodus 31:12-18
Here is, I. A strict command for the sanctification of the sabbath day, Exo 31:13-17. The law of the sabbath had been…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
How the sabbath is to be observed, viz. by cessation from work. Cf. Exo 20:9 f.
a sabbath of entire rest] So Exo 35:2;…
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