Exodus 35:2

‘Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of solemn rest to Yahweh: whoever does any work in it shall be put to death.

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WEBBE

‘Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of solemn rest to the LORD: whoever does any work in it shall be put to death.

BSB

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.

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.

ASV

Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of solemn rest to Jehovah: whosoever doeth any work therein shall be put to death.

BBE

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

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שֵׁשֶׁת she·shet six H8337 יָמִים ya·mim days H3117 תֵּעָשֶׂה te·'a·seh it will be done H6213 מְלָאכָה me·la·khah work H4399 וּבַיּוֹם u·vai·yom and on the day H3117 הַשְּׁבִיעִי ha·she·vi·'i (the) seventh H7637 יִהְיֶה yih·yeh it will be H1961 לָכֶם la·khem to you H9036 קֹדֶשׁ ko·desh a holy thing H6944 שַׁבַּת sha·bat a sabbath of H7676 שַׁבָּתוֹן sha·ba·ton sabbath observance H7677 לַיהוָה la·yah·weh to Yahweh H3068 כָּל־ kol- every H3605 הָעֹשֶׂה ha·'o·seh (the) [one who] does H6213 בוֹ vo on it H9033 מְלָאכָה me·la·khah work H4399 יוּמָת yu·mat he will be put to death H4191

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–3

The mild and easy yoke of Christ has made our sabbath duties more delightful, and our sabbath restraints less irksome, than those of the Jews; but we are the more guilty by neglecting them. Surely God's wisdom in giving us the sabbath, with all the mercy of its purposes, are sinfully disregarded. Is it nothing to pour contempt upon the blessed day, which a bounteous God has given to us for our growth in grace with the church below, and to prepare us for happiness with the church above?

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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.