Exodus 31:17
“It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever,.... In like sense as the land of Canaan was given them for…
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…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Rested, and was refreshed - God, in condescension to human weakness, applies to himself here what belongs to man. If a…
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
for… earth verbatimas Exo 20:11.
rested desisted (from work), or kept sabbath: see on Exo 20:8.
was refreshed lit. took…
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