Exodus 31:14

holy cf. Exodus 16:23 (P), Exodus 20:8 (E), Isaiah 58:13; Ezekiel 20:20, &c.

profaneth To -profane" is characteristic like its opposite, to -sanctify" of H, Leviticus 18:21; Leviticus 19:8; Leviticus 19:12; Leviticus 19:29; Leviticus 20:3; Leviticus 21:4; Leviticus 21:6; Leviticus 21:9 (twice), Leviticus 21:12; Leviticus 21:15; Leviticus 21:23; Leviticus 22:2; Leviticus 22:9; Leviticus 22:15; Leviticus 22:32, and Ezek. (about 30 times, 6 times, as here, of the sabbath, viz. Ezekiel 20:13; Ezekiel 20:16; Ezekiel 20:21; Ezekiel 20:24; Ezekiel 22:8; Ezekiel 23:38: so Isaiah 56:2; Nehemiah 13:18). In P only once (Numbers 18:32).

shall surely be put to death cf., in the Book of the Covenant, Exodus 21:12; Exodus 21:14-17; Exodus 22:19; and in H, for various moral and religious offences, Leviticus 20:2; Leviticus 20:9-13; Leviticus 20:15-16; Leviticus 20:27; Leviticus 24:16-17 (for murder). In Numbers 15:32-36 (P) this penalty for sabbath-breaking is said to have been inflicted.

that soul, &c. See on Exodus 12:15, and Exodus 30:33.