Exodus 31:15

Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to Yahweh. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall surely be put to death.

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WEBBE

Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall surely be put to death.

BSB

For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day must surely be put to death.

KJV

Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.

ASV

Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, holy to Jehovah: whosoever doeth any work on the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.

BBE

Six days may work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the Lord; whoever does any work on the Sabbath day is to be put to death.

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שֵׁשֶׁת she·shet six H8337 יָמִים ya·mim days H3117 יֵעָשֶׂה ye·'a·seh it will be done H6213 מְלָאכָה me·la·khah work H4399 וּבַיּוֹם u·vai·yom and [will be] on the day H3117 הַשְּׁבִיעִי ha·she·vi·'i (the) seventh H7637 שַׁבַּת sha·bat a sabbath of H7676 שַׁבָּתוֹן sha·ba·ton sabbath observance H7677 קֹדֶשׁ ko·desh a holy thing H6944 לַיהוָה la·yah·weh to Yahweh H3068 כָּל־ kol- every H3605 הָעֹשֶׂה ha·'o·seh (the) [one who] does H6213 מְלָאכָה me·la·khah work H4399 בְּיוֹם be·yom on [the] day of H3117 הַשַּׁבָּת ha·sha·bat the sabbath H7676 מוֹת mot certainly (to die) H4191 יוּמָת yu·mat he will be put to death H4191

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 12–17

Orders were now given that a tabernacle should be set up for the service of God. But they must not think that the nature of the work, and the haste that was required, would justify them in working at it on sabbath days. The Hebrew word /shabath/ signifies rest, or ceasing from labour. The thing signified by the sabbath is that rest in glory which remains for the people of God; therefore the moral obligation of the sabbath must continue, till time is swallowed up in eternity.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.