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Selected Verse: Exodus 35:3 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ex 35:3 |
King James |
Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| This prohibition is here first distinctly expressed, but it is implied Exo 16:23. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Ye shall kindle no fire - For any servile work, as that of smiths or plumbers. We do not find that ever this prohibition extended farther. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Ye shall kindle no fire - The Jews understand this precept as forbidding the kindling of fire only for the purpose of doing work or dressing victuals; but to give them light and heat, they judge it lawful to light a fire on the Sabbath day, though themselves rarely kindle it-they get Christians to do this work for them. |
23 And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.