Exodus 35:2

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

1Moses assembled the whole community of the Israelites and said to them, “These are the things that the Lord has commanded you to do. In six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there must be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of complete rest to the Lord. Anyone who does work on it will be put to death. 3You must not kindle a fire in any of your homes on the Sabbath day.” 4Moses spoke to the whole community of the Israelites, “This is the word that the Lord has commanded:

Exodus 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Sixשֵׁשׁshêsh shishshâh · sixH8337
• daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• shall workמְלָאכָהmelâ'kâh · workH4399
• be doneעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• but on the seventhשְׁבִיעִיshebîy‛îy shebi‛îy · seventhH7637
• there shall be to you an holy dayקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944
• a sabbathשַׁבָּתshabbâth · SabbathH7676
• of restשַׁבָּתוֹןshabbâthôn · sabbath observanceH7677
• to the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• therein shall be put to deathמוּתmûth · to dieH4191

Cross-references for Exodus 35:2

• Exodus 20:9For six days you may 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, in order that your ox and your donkey may rest and that your female servant’s son and any hired help may refresh themselves.
• Exodus 31:13“Tell the Israelites, ‘Surely you must keep my Sabbaths, for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the Lord who sanctifies you.
• Exodus 34:21“On six days you may labor, but on the seventh day you must rest; even at the time of plowing and of harvest you are to rest.
• Leviticus 23:3“‘Six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there must be a Sabbath of complete rest, a holy assembly. You must not do any work; it is a Sabbath to the Lord in all the places where you live.
• Deuteronomy 5:12Be careful to observe the Sabbath day just as the Lord your God has commanded you.
• Luke 13:14But the president of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the crowd, “There are six days on which work should be done! So come and be healed on those days, and not on the Sabbath day.”
• Numbers 15:32When the Israelites were in the wilderness they found a man gathering wood on the Sabbath day.
• John 5:16Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began persecuting him.
• Hebrews 2:2For if the message spoken through angels proved to be so firm that every violation or disobedience received its just penalty,
• Hebrews 10:28Someone who rejected the law of Moses was put to death 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

Topics related to Exodus 35:2

• Industry
• Punishment
• Sabbath
• Sanitation

In the dictionaries

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• Exodus, the Book of
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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