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Is the Sabbath moral or ceremonial? Apply all criteria from studies 01-05 and 24 systematically: (1) Creation origin, (2) Decalogue membership, (3) God's voice/finger/stone, (4) Lev 23:37-38 distinction, (5) Typological function, (6) Heb 4:9 sabbatismos, (7) Universal scope. Investigate Isaiah 56:1-8 (foreigners/Gentiles keeping Sabbath). Address the accountability principle.

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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):
  • Gathering manna: EXO 16:27
  • Gathering sticks: NUM 15:32
  • Men of Tyre: NEH 13:16
  • The inhabitants of Jerusalem: JER 17:21-23

TEN COMMANDMENTS

  • See COMMANDMENTS; See DECALOGUE

DECALOGUE

  • Written by God: EXO 24:12; 31:18; 32:16; DEU 5:22; 9:10; HOS 8:12
  • Divine authority of: EXO 20:1; 34:27,28; DEU 5:4-22
  • Called WORDS OF THE COVENANT: EXO 34:28; DEU 4:13
  • TABLES OF TESTIMONY: EXO 31:18; 34:29; 40:20
  • See COMMANDMENTS: EXO 20:1-17; DEU 5:7-21; MAT 19:18,19; 22:34-40; LUK 10:25-28; ROM 13:8-10

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
  • PRECEPTS OF JESUS: MAT 5:16,22-24,27-48; 6:1-4,6-8,16-25,31-34; 7:1-29; 10:5-42; 16:24; 18:8-10,15-17,21,22; 19:16-19; 20:25-28; 22:21,34-40; 24:42-51; 25:34-46; MRK 6:7-11; 8:34; 9:35,38,39,42-50; 10:9,11,12,17-22; 11:22; 12:17; 13:33-37; LUK 6:27-42; 10:28-37; 12:12-31; JHN 7:24; 13:34,35; 14:11,15,23,24; 15:2,4,5,7-12,14,17,20-22
  • OF MEN: ISA 29:13; MAT 15:3-20; MRK 7:2-23; ROM 14:1-6,10-23; 1TI 4:1-3

LAW (MORAL LAW redirects here)

  • General scriptures concerning: PSA 19:7-9; 119:1-8; PRO 28:4,5; MAT 22:21; LUK 16:17; 20:22-25; ROM 2:14,15; 7:7,12,14; 13:10; 1TI 1:5,8-10; JAS 1:25; 1JN 3:4; 5:3
  • OF MOSES: Given at Sinai (EXO 19; DEU 1:1; 4:10-13; 33:2; HAB 3:3), Received by angels (DEU 33:2; PSA 68:17; ACT 7:53; GAL 3:19; HEB 2:2), Added because of transgressions (GAL 3:19), Engraved on stone (EXO 20:3-17; 24:12; 31:18; 32:16; 34:29; 40:20; DEU 4:13; 5:4-22; 9:10)
  • Preserved in the ark: EXO 25:16; DEU 31:9,26
  • TEMPORARY: JER 3:16; DAN 9:27; MAT 5:17-45; LUK 16:16,17; JHN 1:17; 4:20-24; 8:35; ACT 6:14; 10:28; 13:39; 15:1-29; 21:20-25; ROM 3:1,2; 7:1-6; 8:3; 10:4; 2CO 3:7-14; GAL 2:3-9; 4:30,31; EPH 2:15; COL 2:14-23; HEB 8:4-13; 9:8-24; 10:1-18; 11:40; 12:18,19,27

RESPONSIBILITY (ACCOUNTABILITY redirects here)

  • Attempts to shift: Adam (GEN 3:12,13), Eve (GEN 3:13), Aaron (EXO 32:22-24), Saul (1SA 15:20,21), Pilate (MAT 27:24)
  • Personal: EZK 18:20,30; MAT 12:37; JHN 9:41; 15:22-24; 1CO 3:8,13-15; GAL 6:5; REV 2:23
  • ACCORDING TO PRIVILEGE: EZK 18:1-30; 33:1-19; MAT 10:11-15; 11:20-24; 12:41,42; 23:31-35; 25:14-30; MRK 6:11; LUK 9:5; 10:10-15; 11:31,32,49-51; 13:6-9; 19:12-27; 21:1-4; JHN 3:18,19; 12:48; 15:22,24; ACT 17:30,31; ROM 12:3,6-8; EPH 4:7; 1TI 6:20

IGNORANCE

  • General scriptures: JOB 8:9; 11:7,8,12; 28:12,13,20,21; 36:26,29; 37:5,15,16,19,23; PSA 139:6; PRO 7:6-23; 8:5; 9:14-18; 19:2; 20:24; 22:3; 27:1,12; 30:4; ECC 3:11; 6:11,12; 7:23,24; 8:6,7,17; 9:12; 11:5; JER 10:23; JHN 13:7; ACT 1:7; 17:23,30; ROM 8:24-26; 1CO 2:7-10; 3:19; 13:9,12; JAS 1:5,6
  • SINS OF: GEN 20:1-7; LEV 4:1-35; 5:4-19; 22:14; NUM 15:22-29; EZK 3:18; 33:6,8; 45:20; HOS 4:6; LUK 12:48; 23:34; JHN 16:2; ACT 3:14,15,17; 1CO 2:8; GAL 1:13-16; EPH 4:18,19; 1TI 1:12,13

GENTILES

  • UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES: JER 10:2,3; MAT 6:7,8,31,32; ACT 14:16; 17:4,16,17,22-27; ROM 1:18-32; 2:1-15; 1CO 10:20; 12:2; GAL 2:15; EPH 2:12; 4:17-19; 5:12; 1TH 4:4; 1PE 4:3,4
  • PROPHECIES OF THE CONVERSION OF: GEN 12:3,5; 22:18; 49:10; DEU 32:21; PSA 2:8; 22:27-31; ISA 2:2-5; 9:1-7; 11:1-10; 42:1-12; 45:6,8,22-24; 49:1,5,6,18-23; 54:1-3; 55:5; 56:3,6-8; 60:1,3-5,8-14; 65:1; 66:7-23; JER 3:17; 4:2; 16:19-21
  • CONVERSION OF: ACT 10:45; 11:1-18; 13:2,46-48; 14:27; 15:7-9,12-31; ROM 1:5-7; 9:22-30; 10:19,20; 11:11-13,17-21; 15:9-12; GAL 1:15,16; 3:14; EPH 3:1-8; COL 3:11; 1TI 3:16; REV 11:15; 15:4

HOLINESS

  • General scriptures concerning: GEN 17:1; 35:2; EXO 19:6; 22:31; LEV 10:8-10; 11:44,45; 19:2; 20:7,26; DEU 14:2; 18:13; PSA 15:1-5; 24:3-5; ISA 4:3; 35:8; 52:1,11; 57:2; MAT 5:6,8,48; ROM 6:1-23; 12:1,2; 2CO 6:14-17; 7:1; EPH 1:4; 4:20-24; 5:1,3,8-11; 1TH 4:3,4,7; HEB 4:3,9; 12:14; 1PE 1:14-16; 2PE 3:11,12,14

JUDGMENT

  • Relevant to accountability: 1CH 16:33; JOB 14:17; ECC 12:14; MAT 12:36,37; ACT 17:31; ROM 2:5-16; HEB 9:27; REV 20:12

SABBATH DAY'S JOURNEY

  • ACT 1:12 (distance term, not directly relevant to moral/ceremonial question)