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What does the Bible say about the Sabbath commandment? This study builds on the law series (7 existing Sabbath studies) and focuses on what has NOT been fully covered: the commandment's creation basis (Gen 2:2-3), its explicit extension to non-Israelites (Exo 20:10 -- "the stranger within thy gates"), Isaiah's invitation to foreigners (Isa 56:6-7), and Jesus's statement that "the sabbath was made for man" (Mark 2:27 -- anthropos, generic humanity).

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SABBATH

  • Signifying a period of rest: GEN 2:2,3; LEV 23; 25; 26:34,35
  • Preparations for the: EXO 16:22; MAT 27:62; MRK 15:42; LUK 23:54; JHN 19:31
  • Religious usages on the: GEN 2:3; MRK 6:2; LUK 4:16,31; 6:6; 13:10; ACT 13:14
  • Sacrifices on the: NUM 28:9,10; EZK 46:4,5
  • UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO: GEN 2:2,3; EXO 16:5,23-30; 20:8-11; 23:12; 31:13-17; 34:21; 35:2,3; LEV 16:29-31; 19:3,30; 23:1-3,27-32; 24:8; 26:2,34,35; NUM 15:32-36; 28:9,10; DEU 5:12-15; 2KI 4:23; 1CH 9:32; 2CH 36:21; NEH 9:13,14; 10:31; 13:15-22; PSA 92:1-15; 118:24; ISA 1:13; 56:2,4-7; 58:13,14; 66:23; JER 17:21,22,24-27; LAM 1:7; 2:6; EZK 20:12,13,16,20,21,24; 22:8; 23:38; 44:24; 46:1,3; HOS 2:11; AMO 8:5; MAT 12:1-8,10-12; 24:20; MRK 2:27,28; 6:2; 16:1; LUK 4:16,31; 6:1-10; 13:10-17; 14:1-6; 23:54,56; JHN 5:5-14; 7:21-24; 9:1-34; 19:31; ACT 13:14,27,42,44; 15:21; 16:13; 17:2; 18:4; COL 2:16; HEB 4:4,9
  • OBSERVANCE OF
  • By Moses: NUM 15:32-34
  • By Nehemiah: NEH 13:15,21
  • By the women preparing to embalm the corpse of Jesus: LUK 23:56
  • By Paul: ACT 13:14
  • By the disciples: ACT 16:13
  • By John: REV 1:10
  • VIOLATIONS OF
  • INSTANCES OF
  • Gathering manna: EXO 16:27
  • Gathering sticks: NUM 15:32
  • Men of Tyre: NEH 13:16
  • The inhabitants of Jerusalem: JER 17:21-23

STRANGERS

  • (Aliens, foreigners)
  • Mosaic law relating to:
  • Authorized bondservice of: LEV 25:44,45
  • Usury of: DEU 15:3; 23:20
  • Sale to, of the meat of animals that had died: DEU 14:21
  • Forbid their being made kings over Israel: DEU 17:15
  • Their eating the Passover meal: EXO 12:43,48
  • Their eating things offered in sacrifice: EXO 29:33; LEV 22:10,12,25
  • Their blaspheming: LEV 24:16
  • Their approaching the tabernacle: NUM 1:51
  • Their eating blood: LEV 17:10
  • Injustice to: EXO 12:49; LEV 24:22; NUM 9:11; DEU 1:16; JER 22:3
  • Oppression of: DEU 24:14,17; 27:19; JER 22:3
  • Instances of oppression of: EZK 22:29; MAL 3:5
  • Required to observe the Sabbath day: EXO 20:10; 23:12
  • Could offer oblations: LEV 17:8; 22:18,19
  • Were buried in separate burial places: MAT 27:7
  • Kindness to the poor of, required: LEV 25:35-38
  • Love of, enjoined: DEU 10:18,19
  • Abhorrence of, forbidden: DEU 23:7
  • Marriage with, forbidden: DEU 25:5

REST

  • Divine institutions for: (See SABBATH)
  • Days of: EXO 23:12; 34:21
  • The annual feasts, added rest days: LEV 23:7,8,21,25,28,30,31,35,36; NUM 28:18,25,26; 29:1,7,12,35
  • Recommended by Jesus: MRK 6:31,32; with MAT 8:18,24
  • HEAVENLY: 2TH 1:7
  • SPIRITUAL: MAT 11:29; HEB 4:1-11 (See PEACE, SPIRITUAL)

CREATION

  • Beginning of: GEN 1:1
  • History of: GEN 1; 2
  • (See ANIMALS, BIRDS, EARTH, FISH, GRASS, HEAVENS, MAN, MOON, SEAS, STARS, SUN, WATER, WOMAN)
  • (See GOD, CREATOR; JESUS, CREATOR)

MANNA

  • General scriptures concerning: EXO 16:4-35; NUM 11:6-10; DEU 8:3,16; JOS 5:12; NEH 9:20; PSA 78:24; JHN 6:31,49,58
  • Preserved in the ark of the testimony: EXO 16:33; HEB 9:4
  • FIGURATIVE: JHN 6:48-51; 1CO 10:3; REV 2:17

COMMANDMENTS (TEN COMMANDMENTS)

  • General scriptures concerning: EXO 13:8-10; 20:3-17; DEU 4:5,9,10; 5:6-21; 6:4-9; 11:18-21; 32:46,47; JOS 8:30-35; 2CH 17:7-9; NEH 8:2-8; PSA 78:1-7; PRO 3:3,4; 6:20,21; 7:1-4; ISA 57:8; JER 11:4; ZEC 7:9,10; 8:16,17
  • (See DECALOGUE, TABLES)

FOREIGNER

  • FIGURATIVE: EPH 2:19
  • (See ALIENS, GENTILES, STRANGERS)

DAY

  • A creative period: GEN 1:5,8,13,19,23,31; 2:2
  • Divided into twelve hours: JHN 11:9
  • Six working days ordained: EXO 20:9; EZK 46:1
  • The sixth day of the week called preparation day: MRK 15:42; JHN 19:14,31,42
  • The seventh of the week ordained as a day of rest: (See SABBATH)

SABBATIC YEAR

  • (A rest that reoccurs every seventh year)
  • Called YEAR OF RELEASE: DEU 15:9; 31:10
  • Ordinances concerning: EXO 23:9-11; LEV 25
  • Israelite bondservants set free in: EXO 21:2; DEU 15:12; JER 34:14
  • Creditors required to release debtors in: DEU 15:1-6,12-18; NEH 10:31
  • Ordinances concerning instruction in the law during: DEU 31:10-13; NEH 8:18
  • Punishment to follow violation of the ordinances concerning: LEV 26:34,35; with 26:32-41; JER 34:12-22

LORD'S DAY

  • (See SABBATH)

Concept Context for Exo 20:8

The concept analysis for Exo 20:8 identified the concept HOLY (qadash/hagios) as the primary theological concept in this verse. Key connected passages include: - Same chapter: Exo 20:11 (hallowed the Sabbath) - Same book: Exo 12:16 (holy convocation, seventh day, no work); Exo 16:23 (holy sabbath unto the LORD); Exo 19:10,14,22,23 (sanctification) - Same author (Moses): Deu 5:12 (keep the sabbath day to sanctify it); Deu 14:2 (holy people); Lev 19:30 (keep my sabbaths)