Exodus 31:9-18

9 ¹the altar of burnt offering also with all its utensils, and ²the laver and its stand,

10 the ³woven garments as well, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, with which to carry on their priesthood;

11 ⁴the anointing oil also, and the ⁵fragrant incense for the holy place, they are to make them according to all that I have commanded you."

The Sign of the Sabbath

12 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

13 "But as for you, speak to the sons of Israel, saying, '⁶You shall surely observe My sabbaths; for this is ⁷a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

14 'Therefore you are to observe the sabbath, for it is holy to you. ⁸Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people.

15 '⁹For six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there is a ¹⁰sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD; ¹¹whoever does any work on the sabbath day shall surely be put to death.

16 'So the sons of Israel shall observe the sabbath, to celebrate the sabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant.'

17 "¹²It is a sign between Me and the sons of Israel forever; ¹³for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, but on the seventh day He ceased from labor, and was refreshed."

18 When He had finished speaking with him upon Mount Sinai, He gave Moses ¹⁴the two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, ¹⁵written by the finger of God.

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Exodus 31:9-18 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 31

In this chapter an account is given of the persons whom God had chosen, and qualified for the work of building the tabernacle, and all things relating to it, and for the direction and oversight thereof, Ex 31:1-6 and an enumeration is made of the several things that were to be wrought, some in one way, some in another, Ex 31:7-11 the law of the sabbath is repeated, and the violation of it made death, Ex 31:12-17 and the chapter is concluded with observing, that at the close of the above orders, two tables of stone, with the law written upon them by the finger of God, were given to Moses, Ex 31:18.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 15

1. Exodus 38:1-7
2. Exodus 38:8
3. Exodus 39:1
4. Exodus 30:23-32
5. Exodus 30:34-38
6. Exodus 20:8
7. Exodus 31:17; Ezekiel 20:12, 20
8. Exodus 31:15; Exodus 35:2; Numbers 15:32, 35; John 7:23
9. Exodus 20:9-11; Exodus 23:12; Exodus 34:21; Exodus 35:2; Leviticus 23:3; Deuteronomy 5:12-14
10. Genesis 2:2; Exodus 16:23; Exodus 20:8; Exodus 35:2, 3
11. Exodus 31:14
12. Exodus 31:13; Ezekiel 20:12
13. Genesis 1:31; Genesis 2:2, 3; Exodus 20:11
14. Exodus 24:12; Exodus 34:29; Deuteronomy 4:13; Deuteronomy 5:22; Deuteronomy 9:10
15. Exodus 32:15, 16; Exodus 34:1, 28; Deuteronomy 9:10

Footnotes 4

[a]. Or "vessels"
[b]. Or "service garments"
[c]. Lit "minister as priests"
[d]. Lit "do"