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Exodus 31:13

Exodus 31:13
Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Speak thou also unto the children of Israel,.... Notwithstanding all that has been said and ordered concerning making the tabernacle and all things belonging to it; yet this was not to be understood…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Exodus 31:12-17

The penal law of the Sabbath. Exo 35:2-3. In the fourth commandment the injunction to observe the seventh day is addressed to the conscience of the people (see Exo 20:8 note): in this place, the…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

My Sabbaths ye shall keep - See Clarke's note on Gen 2:3. See Clarke's note on Exo 20:8.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Exodus 31:12-18

Here is, I. A strict command for the sanctification of the sabbath day, Exo 31:13-17. The law of the sabbath had been given them before any other law, by was of preparation (Exo 16:23); it had been…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Speak thou also And thou (emph.), speak thou(Exo 27:20).

Verily cf. on Exo 12:15 (-surely").

ye shall keep my Sabbaths the sabbaths sacred to me. Note exactly the same words in H, Lev 19:3; Lev 19:30;…