Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
Israel knew from creation's history that God rested the seventh day and sanctified it, but no command to keep it had been given until Sinai, prepared by the manna's pattern. Now the seventh day becomes the Lord's own rest-day, consecrated by the complete cessation of all work, man and beast alike, within the gates.
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Commenting on Exodus 20:8-11
God spoke these words Himself with dreadful pomp, not merely whispered through conscience or providence, but with the authority of Jehovah, the self-existent One. He bound Israel threefold: by His nature as eternal Lord, by covenant as their God, and by His power to reward obedience and punish disobedience.
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Commenting on Exodus 20:1-11
This is permission, not command: God allows six days for your labor and profit, reserving only one for His service, a singular favor. All must labor in some manner, but ensure everything needful is done those six days, leaving nothing for the seventh.
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