Chūāijíjì 31:14

14 Suǒyǐ nǐmen yào shǒu ānxīrì , yǐwéi shèng rì . fán gānfàn zhè rì de , bìyào bǎ tā zhìsǐ , fán zaì zhè rì zuò gōng de , bì cóng mín zhōng jiǎnchú .

Chūāijíjì 31:14 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 31:14

Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore
Strictly observe it, according to the rules given concerning it:

for it is holy unto you;
a day that was set apart of God for holy exercises, peculiarly on their account:

everyone that defileth it;
by doing any servile work upon it, or not observing it in a religious way;

shall surely be put to death;
by the hand of the civil magistrate; if the law of the Jewish sabbath is now in force, the sanction continues, and the violation of it ought to be punished by a judge with death:

for whosoever doeth any work therein;
so much as to kindle a fire, and dress any food, by boiling or roasting, or any other way:

that soul shall be cut off from among his people;
that is, shall die by the hand of the civil magistrate, it being but another phrase for being put to death; though the Jewish writers, particularly Jarchi, understand the former phrase, "put to death", as to be done by a civil magistrate, when there are witnesses and full proof of the case; but this of "cutting off" by the hand of God, by immediate punishment from heaven, when it was done secretly, and there was no proof to be made of it.

Chūāijíjì 31:14 In-Context

12 Yēhéhuá xiǎoyù Móxī shuō ,

13 Nǐ yào fēnfu Yǐsèliè rén shuō , nǐmen wù yào shǒu wǒde ānxīrì , yīnwei zhè shì nǐ wǒ zhī jiàn shì shìdaì daì de zhèngjù , shǐ nǐmen zhīdào wǒ Yēhéhuá shì jiào nǐmen chéngwéi shèng de .

14 Suǒyǐ nǐmen yào shǒu ānxīrì , yǐwéi shèng rì . fán gānfàn zhè rì de , bìyào bǎ tā zhìsǐ , fán zaì zhè rì zuò gōng de , bì cóng mín zhōng jiǎnchú .

15 Liù rì yào zuò gōng , dàn dì qī rì shì ānxī shèng rì , shì xiàng Yēhéhuá shǒu wéi shèng de . fán zaì ānxīrì zuò gōng de , bìyào bǎ tā zhìsǐ .

16 Gùcǐ , Yǐsèliè rén yào shì shìdaì daì shǒu ānxīrì wéi yǒngyuǎn de yuē .