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Exodus 31:12
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10 athe garments of ministry, the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons, to minister as priests,  
11 aand the anointing oil and bsweet incense for the holy place. According to all that I have commanded you they shall do.”  

The Sabbath Law

12 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
13 “Speak also to the children of Israel, saying: a‘Surely My Sabbaths you shall keep, for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the Lord who bsanctifies you.  
14 aYou shall keep the Sabbath, therefore, for it is holy to you. Everyone who1 profanes it shall surely be put to death; for bwhoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people.  
15 Work shall be done for asix days, but the bseventh is the Sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.  
16 Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant.
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Exodus 31:12-17

The penal law of the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2-3. 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 object is to declare an infraction of the commandment to be a capital offence. The two passages stand in a relation to each other similar to that between Lev. 18, Lev. 19, and Lev. 20. It seems likely that the penal edict was especially introduced as a caution in reference to the construction of the tabernacle, lest the people, in their zeal to carry on the work, should be tempted to break the divine law for the observance of the day.

Exodus 31:14

See Numbers 15:32-36. The distinction between the meaning of the two expressions, "to be cut off from the people" , and "to be put to death" , is here indicated. He who was cut off from the people had, by his offence, put himself out of the terms of the covenant, and was an outlaw. On such, and on such alone, when the offence was one which affected the well-being of the nation, as it was in this case, death could be inflicted by the public authority.

Exodus 31:17

Was refreshed - Literally, "he took breath" . Compare Exodus 23:12; II Samuel 16:14. The application of the word to the Creator, which occurs nowhere else, is remarkable.


 
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