Berean Standard Bible
Exodus 35:2
2For 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.
Exodus 35:2 in other versions
- King James Version (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.
- New International Version (NIV)For six days, work is to be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a day of sabbath rest to the Lord. Whoever does any work on it is to be put to death.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Six days work shall be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the Lord. Whoever does any work on it shall be put to death.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Work shall be done for six days, but the seventh day shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of rest to the Lord. Whoever does any work on it shall be put to death.
Context of Exodus 35:2
1Then Moses assembled the whole congregation of Israel and said to them, “These are the things that the LORD has commanded you to do: 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. 3Do not light a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath day.” 4Moses also told the whole congregation of Israel, “This is what the LORD has commanded:
Read all of Exodus 35Exodus 35:2 word by word
שֵׁ֣שֶׁת יָמִים֮ תֵּעָשֶׂ֣ה מְלָאכָה֒ וּבַיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י יִהְיֶ֨ה לָכֶ֥ם קֹ֛דֶשׁ שַׁבַּ֥ת שַׁבָּת֖וֹן לַיהוָ֑ה כָּל־הָעֹשֶׂ֥ה ב֛וֹ מְלָאכָ֖ה יוּמָֽת׃Read the interlinear
- For sixשֵׁשׁshêsh shishshâh · sixH8337
- daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
- workמְלָאכָהmelâ'kâh · workH4399
- may be doneעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- but the seventhשְׁבִיעִיshebîy‛îy shebi‛îy · seventhH7637
- shall beהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
- holy dayקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944
- a Sabbathשַׁבָּתshabbâth · SabbathH7676
- of complete restשַׁבָּתוֹןshabbâthôn · sabbath observanceH7677
- to the LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- Whoeverכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
- must be put to deathמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
Cross-references for Exodus 35:2
- Exodus 20:9Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
- 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.
- Exodus 31:13“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.
- Exodus 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.
- Leviticus 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.
- Deuteronomy 5:12Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you.
- Luke 13:14But 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.”
- Numbers 15:32While the Israelites were in the wilderness, a man was found gathering wood on the Sabbath day.
- John 5:16Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews began to persecute Him.
- Hebrews 2:2For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every transgression and disobedience received its just punishment,
- Hebrews 10:28Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
Commentaries on Exodus 35:2
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2See Exodus 31:12.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-351. Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel, &c.--On the occasion referred to in the opening of this chapter, the Israelites were specially reminded of the design to erect a magnificent tabernacle for the regular worship of God, as well as of the leading articles that were required to furnish that sacred edifice [Ex 35:11-19]. (See on Ex 25:1-40; Ex 27:1-21; Ex 30:1-31:18).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Exodus 35
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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