Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Exodus 31:17
On the seventh day he rested — And as the work of creation is worthy to be thus commemorated, so the great Creator is worthy to be thus imitated, by a holy rest the seventh day.
On the seventh day he rested — And as the work of creation is worthy to be thus commemorated, so the great Creator is worthy to be thus imitated, by a holy rest the seventh day.
Verse Exodus 31:17. _RESTED, AND WAS REFRESHED._] God, in condescension to human weakness, applies to himself here what belongs to man. If a man _religiously_ rests on the Sabbath, both his body and s...
The penal law of the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2. In the fourth commandment the injunction to observe the seventh day is addressed to the conscience of the people (see Exodus 20:8 note): in this place, the o...
CHAPTER 31 THE WORKMEN AND THE SABBATH _ 1. The workmen called (Exodus 31:1)_ 2. The Sabbath law emphasized (Exodus 31:12) 3. Moses receives the tables of stone (Exodus 31:18) The call of the build...
These two Chapter s form an appendix to Exodus 25-29. The golden incense altar finds no place in Exodus 25 or Exodus 26:33 or Leviticus 16 (where the annual rite of Exodus 30:10 is ignored). Instead w...
A SIGN: that Jehovah is our God-that Christ is LORD. HEAVEN AND EARTH. One of thirteen occurrences. See note on Deuteronomy 4:26. REFRESHED. Hebrew. verbal form of _nephesh_ (App-13). Figure of spee...
_for_… _earth verbatim_as Exodus 20:11. _rested_ DESISTED (from work), or KEPT SABBATH: see on Exodus 20:8. _was refreshed_ lit. _took breath_, a strong anthropomorphism: elsewhere used only of men,...
The main thoughts of _vv._13 15 repeated, and emphasized, in P's manner: cf. on Exodus 6:27....
AND WAS REFRESHED— The original word signifies, primarily, _to respire, take breath,_ and so _to be refreshed;_ and can only be applied to, or understood of God, _more humano_ (_after the manner of me...
THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 31 And Je-ho-vah spake unto Mo-ses, saying, (2) See, I have called by name Be-zal-el the son of U-ri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Ju-dah: (3) and I have filled him w...
_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING,_ Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep. The reason for the fresh inculcation of the fourth commandment at this particular period was, that the great ardour and eage...
THE APPOINTMENT OF BEZALEEL AND AHOLIAB. THE KEEPING OF THE SABBATH 2. BY NAME] indicating a very special call: cp. Exodus 33:12; Isaiah 43:1; Isaiah 45:1;...
EXODUS: *ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS TO MOSES EXODUS CHAPTER S 19 TO 40 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 31 BEZALEL AND OHOLIAB AND THEIR ASSISTANTS – VERSES 1-11 V1 Then...
FOR IN SIX DAYS THE LORD MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH. — Whatever other grounds there were for Sabbath observance, this idea always lay at its root. Man was through it to be made like unto his Maker — to hav...
THE LAW OF THE SABBATH DECLARED ANEW UNDER A PENAL SANCTION. (12-17) The worship of the tabernacle was so closely connected with Sabbatical observance (Leviticus 19:30), that no surprise can be felt a...
בֵּינִ֗י וּ בֵין֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֹ֥ות ה
CHAPTER XXXI. _ BEZALEEL AND AHOLIAB._ Exodus 31:1. Next after this marking off so sharply of the holy from the profane, this consecration of men to special service, this protection of sacred unguen...
WISE WORKMEN FOR THE TABERNACLE Exodus 31:1 Whenever there is special work to be done God will find and endow the men who are to do it. “I have called,… I have filled,… I have appointed,” etc. There...
It should be borne in mind that in a certain way, these people were necessarily vulgarized by centuries of slavery and almost certainly devoid of that artistic ability which would enable them to const...
It [is] a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for [in] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he (h) rested, and was refreshed. (h) From creating his creatur...
Some have thought, that the repeating the commandment respecting the sabbath in this place, was with this intention; lest the children of Israel should suppose, that while building the tabernacle, whi...
"In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai." Up to this point all the dealings of God have been the...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 30 AND 31. Having thus established the priesthood, and the relationship of the people with God who dwelt in the midst of them, the intercession of Christ in g...
IT IS A SIGN BETWEEN ME AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL FOR EVER,.... In like sense as the land of Canaan was given them for an everlasting possession; and the covenant of circumcision, and the ordinance o...
It [is] a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for [in] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed. Ver. 17. _He rested, and was refr...
_On the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed_ And, as the work of creation is worthy to be thus commemorated, so the great Creator is worthy to be imitated by a holy rest on the seventh day. The e...
1 Bezaleel and Aholiab are called and made meet for the worke of the Tabernacle. 12 The obseruation of the Sabbath is againe commanded. 18 Moses receiueth the two Tables. 1 AND the LORD spake vnto...
CONCERNING THE CELEBRATION OF THE SABBATH...
It is a sign between Me and the children of Israel forever, the public symbol and expression of the relation between Jehovah and Israel; FOR IN SIX DAYS THE LORD MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH, AND ON THE SEVE...
IV. _The Architects_. Exodus 31:1-11 The summoning of Bezaleel and his assistants, Aholiab and other master-workmen, is at once a definition of sacred art and a recognition of natural artistic talent....
H. THE VISION OR THE IDEAL OF THE TABERNACLE. THE ORDERING OF THE ARK AND OF THE HOUSE OF THE COVENANT; OF THE LIVING PRESENCE OF THE LAW AND OF THE DWELLING-PLACE OF THE LAW-GIVER Exodus 25-31 I. C...
GOD'S CHOICE OF WORKMAN (vs.1-11) God now announced whom He Himself has called to do the work in building the tabernacle, men who could be depended on to fully follow God's instructions. No one was a...
12-17 Orders were now given that a tabernacle should be set up for the service of God. But they must not think that the nature of the work, and the haste that was required, would justify them in worki...
IT IS A SIGN, a sign of the covenant between us, that I will be their God, and they will be my people; both which depends upon this amongst other duties, and upon this in an eminent degree. WAS REFRES...
The opening of this brief chapter records the divine call and the divine qualification of "Bezaleel and Aholiab" to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation. "And the Lord spake unto Moses, s...
Exodus 31:17 sign H226 children H1121 Israel H3478 forever H5769 six H8337 days H3117 LORD H3068 made H6213 ...
THE SIGN OF THE SABBATH (EXODUS 31:12). The final response and mark of loyalty and worship is found in the newly established Sabbath (Exodus 16:23; Exodus 16:25;...
CONTENTS: The tabernacle and its workmen. Sabbath made a sign between God and Israel. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Bezaleel, Aholiab. CONCLUSION: When God gives a commission, He will, in some measure giv...
Exodus 31:3. _I have filled him with the Spirit of God._ How just to ascribe the glory to God for the powers of genius, seeing he has assuredly disposed the minds of men to the arts and sciences, as m...
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 31:12 Remembering the SABBATH by keeping it HOLY is central to Israel’s life as the people of God. Observance of the Sabbath relates both to creation (v....
CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 31:14. Ye shall keep the Sabbath = Ushemartem eth hashahabbath]. The verb _shamar_ = to keep, implies the idea of guarding, watching over with tenderness and fidelity. (Comp. P...
EXPOSITION THE PENALTY FOR NOT OBSERVING THE SABBATH. Various reasons have been given for this recurrence to the sanctity of the sabbath. Kurtz connects it with the giving of the two tables, in which...
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and understanding...
a sign Exodus 31:13 Ezekiel 20:12 Ezekiel 20:20 six days. Genesis 1:31 Gene
Can God get tired? (See comments on Genesis 2:1)...