Verse 10
10. Thou shalt not do any work The kinds of work incidentally noticed as coming under this prohibition were gathering manna, (Exodus 16:27-29,) plowing, and gathering of harvests, (Exodus 34:21,) kindling fires, (Exodus 35:3,) collecting wood, (Numbers 15:32-36,) selling articles of commerce, (Amos 8:5,) bearing burdens, (Jeremiah 17:21,) treading wine-presses, and carrying on traffic . Nehemiah 13:15-22. From this it is evident that the commandment was understood as forbidding all sorts of ordinary work, and was to be applied to all members of the house, and even to the cattle, that is, the beasts of burden . The stranger, that is, the foreigner who settled in any of the cities of Israel, must also observe the sabbath law . The holy day, however, was not to be a day of gloom and sadness, but one filled with all such delights as would bring the heart into closer fellowship with Jehovah . Isaiah 58:13-14.
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