“Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings.”
There are six days when you may work, but the seventh day is a day of sabbath rest, a day of sacred assembly. You are not to do any work; wherever you live, it is a sabbath to the Lord. The Sabbath opens the festival calendar — the foundation of all the appointed times is the weekly Sabbath. The Sabbath that structures the week is the Sabbath that structures the year: the seven-day rhythm that culminates in the weekly rest is the rhythm that the annual festivals will reflect and amplify. Wherever you live communicates the Sabbath's universal application: it is not tied to the land or the sanctuary but applies wherever the covenant community exists.
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