“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.”
For six days work is to be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a day of sabbath rest to the Lord. Whoever does any work on it is to be put to death. Before construction begins, the Sabbath command is restated for the third time in the tabernacle section (after Exodus 31:12–17). The death penalty for Sabbath violation during the construction period confirms that even the sacred work of building God's dwelling does not override the sacred rest God requires. The placement of the Sabbath command before the materials list communicates the theological priority: rest governs work, not the reverse.
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