3And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
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Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.
Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them.
And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you. …
And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-3)We have here, I. The settlement of the kingdom of nature, in God’s resting from the work of creation, Gen. 2:1 , 2 . Here observe, 1. The creatures made both in heaven and earth are the hosts or armies of them, which denotes them to be numerous, but marshalled, disciplined, and under command. How great is the sum of them! And yet every one knows and keeps his place. God uses them as his hosts for…
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