Exo 16:29  See, for that Jehovah hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day. ASV

Exo 16:29  See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day. KJV

Exo 16:29  Behold! Because Jehovah has given the sabbath to you, therefore He is giving to you two days of bread on the sixth day. Each one of you remain in his place. Do not let anyone go out from his place on the seventh day. LITV

Exo 16:29  See, because Jehovah has given you the sabbath, therefore He gives you the bread of two days on the sixth day. Each one stay in his place. Let not any one go out of his place on the seventh day. MKJV
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                                       COMMENTARY

  This verse means exactly what it says... on the sabbath everybody must STAY HOME! Anybody who goes out of his house has broken the sabbath and should be put to death. This is what sabbatarians must contend with.

Also... the sabbath was given to Israel not the Gentiles! This  means that there was no sabbath before God gave it to Israel. If, as Covenant Theologians claim, the sabbath was given in Genesis and was for all men everywhere then why does God now -give- it to Israel? Weren't they included in "all men everywhere"?..

Objection; The sabbath was so given in Genesis 2:2,3 when it says God -rested-.  The Hebrew word for rest is -shabath- & is the verb form of the noun which means... sabbath.  So seee-e-e! The sabbath -was- given in Genesis!

Answer; Like I already said, even if one could establish the sabbath in Genesis it still doesn't matter because the sabbath was completely ~Abolished~ in the NT. Moreover, a reference to God "resting" to prove the sabbath proves too much for you see... God is still resting from all His works of creation, which is what that is referring to. Therefore that "sabbath" hasn't ended yet and no one knows when it will end. But the sabbaths given by God to Israel all begin and end within a 24 hour period of time. So the two are not the same thing.

Furthermore, even tho the word for "rest" is the verb form of the word for sabbath, it is only translated 'sabbath' one time in the OT. So Genesis 2:2,3 is too flimsy to build a case on. But again, even if the case were established, the sabbath has -still- been done away in the NT.

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