351 And Moses assembleth all the company of the sons of Israel, and saith unto them, 'These 'are' the things which Jehovah hath commanded—to do them: 2 Six days is work done, and on the seventh day there is to you a holy 'day', a sabbath of rest to Jehovah; any who doeth work in it is put to death; 3 ye do not burn a fire in any of your dwellings on the sabbath-day.'
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Exodus 35:1-3
Commentary on Exodus 35:1-3
(Read Exodus 35:1-3)
The mild and easy yoke of Christ has made our sabbath duties more delightful, and our sabbath restraints less irksome, than those of the Jews; but we are the more guilty by neglecting them. Surely God's wisdom in giving us the sabbath, with all the mercy of its purposes, are sinfully disregarded. Is it nothing to pour contempt upon the blessed day, which a bounteous God has given to us for our growth in grace with the church below, and to prepare us for happiness with the church above?