Exodus 35:3

Exodus 35:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.
• New International Version (NIV)Do not light a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath day.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)You shall kindle no fire in all your dwelling places on the Sabbath day."
• New King James Version (NKJV)You shall kindle no fire throughout your dwellings on the Sabbath day.”

Context of Exodus 35:3

1And Moses collected all the assembly of the children of Israel, and said to them, These are the things which Jehovah has commanded, to do them. 2Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of rest to Jehovah: whoever does work on it shall be put to death. Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your dwellings upon the sabbath day. 4And Moses spoke to all the assembly of the children of Israel, saying, This is the word which Jehovah has commanded, saying, 5Take from among you a heave-offering to Jehovah: every one whose heart [is] willing, let him bring it, Jehovah's heave-offering — gold, and silver, and copper,

Exodus 35:3 word by word

לֹא־תְבַעֲר֣וּ אֵ֔שׁ בְּכֹ֖ל מֹשְׁבֹֽתֵיכֶ֑ם בְּי֖וֹם הַשַּׁבָּֽת׃ פRead the interlinear

• kindleבָּעַרbâ‛ar · to burn: burnH1197
• fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784
• dwellingsמוֹשָׁבmôshâb môshâb · seatH4186
• sabbathשַׁבָּתshabbâth · SabbathH7676
• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117

Cross-references for Exodus 35:3

• Exodus 12:16And on the first day ye shall have a holy convocation, and on the seventh day a holy convocation: no manner of work shall be done on them, save what is eaten by every person — that only shall be done by you.
• Exodus 16:23And he said to them, This is what Jehovah has said: To-morrow is the rest, the holy sabbath, of Jehovah: bake what ye will bake, and cook what ye will cook; and lay up for yourselves all that remains over, to be kept for the morning.
• Numbers 15:32And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness they found a man gathering sticks on the sabbath day.
• Isaiah 58:13If thou turn back thy foot from the sabbath, [from] doing thy pleasure on my holy day, and call the sabbath a delight, the holy [day] of Jehovah, honourable; and thou honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking [idle] words;

Commentaries on Exodus 35:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Ye shall kindle no fire - The Jews understand this precept as forbidding the kindling of fire only for the purpose of doing work or dressing victuals; but to give them light and heat, they judge it lawful to light a fire on the Sabbath day, though themselves rarely kindle it-they get Christians to do this work for them.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3This prohibition is here first distinctly expressed, but it is implied Exodus 16:23.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

Topics related to Exodus 35:3

• Sabbath

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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