Exodus 31:14

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 31:14

soul . Hebrew. nephesh ( App-13 ). read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 31:12-17

RESTATEMENT OF THE SABBATH COMMANDMENT"And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily ye shall keep my sabbaths: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am Jehovah who sanctifieth you. Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: everyone that profaneth it shall surely be put to death; for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. Six... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 31:12-18

10. The sign of the Sabbath 31:12-18"As a sign of the Noahic covenant is the rainbow (Genesis 9:13), and as the sign of the Abrahamic covenant is circumcision (Genesis 17:11), the sign of the Mosaic covenant is the observance and celebration of the Sabbath day (Exodus 31:13; Exodus 31:17)." [Note: Youngblood, pp. 112-13. The sign of the New Covenant is the Lord’s Supper (Matthew 26:26-28; Mark 14:22-24; Luke 22:19-20; 1 Corinthians 11:23-25).] God intended this sign to teach Israel and the... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 31:1-18

The Appointment of Bezaleel and Aholiab. The Keeping of the Sabbath2. By name] indicating a very special call: cp. Exodus 33:12; Isaiah 43:1; Isaiah 45:1, Isaiah 45:3-4; John 10:3. Bezaleel] RV ’Bezalel’: see 1 Chronicles 2:18-20. For the identification of the grandfather of Bezaleel with the Hur of Exodus 17:10 there is nothing beyond the similarity of names. 3. See on Exodus 28:3. 4. To devise cunning works] Divine inspiration does not reduce man to a mere machine or passive instrument. It is... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Exodus 31:12-17

THE LAW OF THE SABBATH DECLARED ANEW UNDER A PENAL SANCTION.(12-17) The worship of the tabernacle was so closely connected with Sabbatical observance (Leviticus 19:30), that no surprise can be felt at a recurrence to the subject in the present place. It was not only that there might be a danger of zealous men breaking the Sabbatical rest in their eagerness to hasten forward the work of construction now required of them. The re-enactment of the Law might serve to check this tendency if it... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Exodus 31:14

(14) Every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death.—This is a new enactment, and must be regarded in conjunction with the new dignity attached to Sabbath observance by its having become the special covenant sign between God and His people. The Sabbath-breaker now threw himself out of covenant with God, and not only so, but did what in him lay to throw the whole people out of covenant. His guilt was therefore great, and the assignment to it of the death-penalty is in no way surprising;... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Exodus 31:1-18

Exodus 31:3-4 The ambition of art, to come ever nearer to a perfect work, is an evidence that the spirit of the Master-Artist stirs and quickens the human spirit. 'See, I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, to devise cunning works.' In the spirit of God every art is latent.... Faith and art have all the sympathy of mother and child. Neither of them is content with nature's conditions. Faith discerns a... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Exodus 31:1-18

CHAPTER XXXI.BEZALEEL AND AHOLIAB.Exodus 31:1-18.Next after this marking off so sharply of the holy from the profane, this consecration of men to special service, this protection of sacred unguents and sacred gums from secular use, we come upon a passage curiously contrasted, yet not really antagonistic to the last, of marvellous practical wisdom, and well calculated to make a nation wise and great.The Lord announces that He has called by name Bezaleel, the son of Uri, and has filled him with... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Exodus 31:1-18

CHAPTER 31 The Workmen and the Sabbath 1. The workmen called (Exodus 31:1-11 ) 2. The Sabbath law emphasized (Exodus 31:12-17 ) 3. Moses receives the tables of stone (Exodus 31:18 ) The call of the builders of the tabernacle follows the instructions. The plan and worship of the tabernacle was by divine appointment, only God could give such a plan foreshadowing the redemption work of His Son. To carry out this plan, the Lord called His own workmen by name and filled them with His Spirit,... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Exodus 31:14

31:14 Ye shall keep the {g} sabbath therefore; for it [is] holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth [any] work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.(g) God repeats this point because the whole keeping of the law stands in the true use of the sabbath, which is to stop working and so obey the will of God. read more

Group of Brands