Exodus 31:17 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 31:12-18

Here is, I. A strict command for the sanctification of the sabbath day, Exod. 31:13-17. The law of the sabbath had been given them before any other law, by was of preparation (Exod. 16:23); it had been inserted in the body of the moral law, in the fourth commandment; it had been annexed to the judicial law (Exod. 23:12); and here it is added to the first part of the ceremonial law, because the observance of the sabbath is indeed the hem and hedge of the whole law; where no conscience is made... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 31:17

It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever ,.... In like sense as the land of Canaan was given them for an everlasting possession; and the covenant of circumcision, and the ordinance of the passover, and the fast on the day of atonement, were for ever; that is, unto the end of the Jewish world and state, at the coming of Christ, when a new world and state of things began, see Genesis 17:8 . for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 31:17

Rested, and was refreshed - God, in condescension to human weakness, applies to himself here what belongs to man. If a man religiously rests on the Sabbath, both his body and soul shall be refreshed; he shall acquire new light and life. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 31:12-18

The Sabbath. If this prohibition to work upon the Sabbath is introduced, as probably it is, lest the people, in their zeal for the service of the sanctuary, should be tempted to infringe upon the holy day, it has certain obvious sides of instruction turned towards ourselves. We cannot but see in it the high honour which God puts upon his Sabbath . 1. It is the one command of the Decalogue to which reference is made in the conclusion of this series of instructions. This implies its... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 31:13-17

1. That the sabbath was to be a sign between God and Israel, a "distinguishing badge," a "sacramental bond" (Cook); and 2. That its desecration was to be punished with death ( Exodus 31:15 ). These were supplementary points of so much importance as to furnish ample reason against their announcement being delayed. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 31:13-17

Covenant signs. To each covenant which he has made with man, God has attached some special sign or signs. And each sign has been significant, has set before the mind of those to whom it was given some great religious truth. I. THE FIRST COVENANT SIGN WAS THE RAINBOW . God had destroyed by a deluge the whole human race, except eight persons. It pleased him, after this, to enter into a covenant with Noah and his sons ( Genesis 9:8 , Genesis 9:9 ), and through them with... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 31:17

It is a sign . See above, Exodus 31:13 . For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth . See the comment on Exodus 20:11 . And was refreshed . Literally," and took breath." The metaphor is a bold one, but not bolder than others which occur in holy scripture ( Psalms 44:23 ; Psalms 78:65 ). It does but carry out a little further the idea implied in God's "resting." We cannot speak of any of God's acts or attributes without anthropomorphisms. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 31:12-17

The penal law of the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2-3. In the fourth commandment the injunction to observe the seventh day is addressed to the conscience of the people (see Exodus 20:8 note): in this place, the object is to declare an infraction of the commandment to be a capital offence. The two passages stand in a relation to each other similar to that between Leviticus 18:0, Leviticus 19:0, and Leviticus 20:0. It seems likely that the penal edict was especially introduced as a caution in reference to... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 31:17

Exodus 31:17. On the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed And, as the work of creation is worthy to be thus commemorated, so the great Creator is worthy to be imitated by a holy rest on the seventh day. The expression, was refreshed, is spoken after the manner of men. It seems to signify that delight and complacency with which God surveyed all his works, and pronounced them good, Genesis 1:31. Of this divine pleasure we may form some faint idea, by comparing it to that solace and... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 31:12-18

The weekly day of rest (31:12-18)People might have thought that, because the tabernacle was a sacred structure, they could work on it on the Sabbath day. God reminded them to keep the weekly Sabbath as a holy day of rest. This rest was part of God’s plan for preserving the holiness of his people (12-17).God then gave Moses the ten basic commandments of the covenant engraved on stone as he had promised (see 24:12; cf. Deuteronomy 10:4). Having received God’s instructions for his people, Moses... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 31:12-18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 31:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 31:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 31:12-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 31:13-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 31:13-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 31:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 31:12-17

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 31:17

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 31:12-18

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