Revised Literal Translation
Exodus 35:3
3Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.
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 gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said unto them, These are the words which Yhwh hath commanded, that ye should do them. 2Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to Yhwh: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death. Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day. 4And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which Yhwh commanded, saying, 5Take ye from among you an offering unto Yhwh: whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of Yhwh; gold, and silver, and brass,
Read all of Exodus 35Exodus 35:3 word by word
לֹא־תְבַעֲר֣וּ אֵ֔שׁ בְּכֹ֖ל מֹשְׁבֹֽתֵיכֶ֑ם בְּי֖וֹם הַשַּׁבָּֽת׃ פRead the interlinear
Cross-references for Exodus 35:3
- Exodus 12:16And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.
- Exodus 16:23And he said unto them, This is that which Yhwh hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto Yhwh: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
- Numbers 15:32And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.
- Isaiah 58:13If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of Yhwh, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own 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
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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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