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Exodus 35:2

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For six days work may be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on that day must be put to death.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of solemn rest to Jehovah: whosoever doeth any work therein shall be put to death.

KJV

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.

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This verse in Exodus 35

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

gathered all the congregation of the children

on Exodus 35:1-3

The building of the tabernacle opens with the sabbath, which is where the seven speeches of instruction ended at 31:12-17. What closed the command opens the work. The one kind of work named is the kindling of fire, and every craft the chapter is about to call for needs it, since gold and silver and brass have to be melted and dyed thread has to be boiled. Genesis 2:2-3 has God resting on the seventh day and never uses the noun, which first occurs at Exodus 16:23.

This site's exposition

a Sabbath of complete rest

The wording repeats 31:15 almost exactly: six days of work, a Sabbath of complete rest, and death for the one who works. Matthew Henry notes that the rest is kept to the LORD and devoted to his honour. The building of his house waited on his day.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Six days shall work be done,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

It is a sabbath of rest, but it is rest to the Lord, to whose honour it must be devoted. A penalty is here annexed to the breach of it: Whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

On the verses either side of this one

The expression all the congregation of the children of Israel includes the men and women, for all donated to the work of the Tabernacle.
Ramban: Spain, 1194–1270 · Ramban on Exodus 35:1:1, via Sefaria, Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

17 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • שֵׁ֣שֶׁתsix

    sheshetH8337 →216 times

  • יָמִים֮days

    yamimH3117 →2304 times

  • תֵּעָשֶׂ֣הit will be done

    teasehH6213 →2628 times

  • מְלָאכָה֒work

    melakhahH4399 →167 times

  • וּבַיּ֣וֹםand on the day

    uvaiyomH3117 →2304 times

  • הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י<the> seventh

    hasheviiH7637 →98 times

  • יִהְיֶ֨הit will be

    yihyehH1961 →3559 times

  • לָכֶ֥םto you

    lakhem

  • קֹ֛דֶשׁa holy thing

    kodeshH6944 →469 times

  • שַׁבַּ֥תa sabbath of

    shabatH7676 →110 times

  • שַׁבָּת֖וֹןsabbath observance

    shabatonH7677 →11 times

  • לַיהוָ֑הto Yahweh

    layahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • כָּל־every

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • הָעֹשֶׂ֥ה<the> [one who] does

    haosehH6213 →2628 times

  • ב֛וֹon it

    vo

  • מְלָאכָ֖הwork

    melakhahH4399 →167 times

  • יוּמָֽת׃he will be put to death

    yumatH4191 →839 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Luke 13:14–15But the synagogue leader was indignant that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath. “There are six days for work,” he told the crowd. “So come and be healed on those days and not on the Sabbath.”6 worksLeviticus 23:3For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a day of sacred assembly. You must not do any work; wherever you live, it is a Sabbath to the LORD.6 worksNumbers 15:32–36While the Israelites were in the wilderness, a man was found gathering wood on the Sabbath day.5 worksExodus 34:21Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even in the seasons of plowing and harvesting, you must rest.5 worksExodus 20:9–10Six days you shall labor and do all your work,5 worksExodus 31:13–16“Tell the Israelites, ‘Surely you must keep My Sabbaths, for this will be a sign between Me and you for the generations to come, so that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.4 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Exodus 23:12For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be refreshed, as well as the foreign resident.4 worksHebrews 10:28–29Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.4 worksExodus 31:15For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day must surely be put to death.4 worksJohn 5:16Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews began to persecute Him.3 worksHebrews 2:2–3For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every transgression and disobedience received its just punishment,3 worksDeuteronomy 5:12–15Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you.3 worksExodus 36:2Then Moses summoned Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person whom the LORD had gifted—everyone whose heart stirred him to come and do the work.3 worksLuke 6:2But some of the Pharisees asked, “Why are you doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”3 worksNehemiah 13:15In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them against selling food on that day.3 worksMatthew 12:2When the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, “Look, Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath.”2 worksEzekiel 20:12I also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us, so that they would know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.2 worksLeviticus 16:31It is a Sabbath of complete rest for you, that you may humble yourselves; it is a permanent statute.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Leviticus 23:3

    For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a day of sacred assembly. You must not do any work; wherever you live, it is a…

    it leads to

    • Exodus 23:12

      For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Leviticus 19:3

      Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.

    • Exodus 35:2–3

      For six days work may be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on that day must be put…

    • Exodus 20:8–11

      Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.

    • Exodus 34:21

      Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even in the seasons of plowing and harvesting, you must rest.

  • Through

    Exodus 34:21

    Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even in the seasons of plowing and harvesting, you must rest.

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 21:4

      bring the heifer to a valley with running water that has not been plowed or sown, and break its neck there by the stream.

    • Luke 13:14

      But the synagogue leader was indignant that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath. “There are six days for work,” he told the crowd. “So come and be healed on those days and not on…

    • 1 Samuel 8:12

      He will appoint some for himself as commanders of thousands and of fifties, and others to plow his ground, to reap his harvest, to make his weapons of war, and to equip his chariots.

Where this verse is studied

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About Exodus

The Giving of the Law on Mount Sinai, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Giving of the Law on Mount Sinai, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Exodus: the study guide →Read Exodus 35 →

This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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