Exodus 35: 1-3, “And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said unto them, These are the words which the LORD hath commanded, that ye should do them. Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death. Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.”
The Lord created the heavens and the earth in six days and He rested on the seventh day. This was purely an act of grace for our benefit (see Mark 2: 27,28, “And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.”) Even though the Lord gave us the Sabbath for our benefit there were some who would try and make their servants and slaves work on the Sabbath to get more work out of them. The Israelis had been slaves in Egypt and the Lord wanted them to remember this and the fact that He had given them freedom. One of the ways that they could enjoy this freedom was by celebrated the Sabbath with a day of complete rest.
(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
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