BuckN: What Bible scripture says a neighbor who is seen working on sabbath should be put to death?
I heard of a Bible scripture that talked about the sabbath. It said that anyone seen working on the sabbath should be put to death, or something along those lines. Now I’m not 100% sure it was a real scripture as I no longer study The Bible, but I’m pretty sure.
Anyone input is appreciated, Hope someone knows it!
Answers and Views:
Answer by Brennan S
your probably thinking of the quran where it says if they dont convert to Islam the infidel must be put to death
@Epithelium Appetence id rather be an idiot than an ignorant atheist
Answer by Epithelium AppetenceExodus 31:13-15
Six days my work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
Exodus 35:2
Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of rest to the Lord: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.
In the Book Exodus and In the Book of Numbers.Answer by awaken.dawn
If one does not keep the Sabbath they lose the blessings(Eternal life) ,,,,,not their life ….it is for the believers onlyAnswer by Christian
This applied to more than just the Sabbath. It used to be for any Commandment that was broken wilfully but it did not apply when done in ignorance, meaning not wilfully or on purpose as shown by the context. Did they use to stone the adulterer as an example and proof?
In any case this of course ended a long time ago. But have you ever heard of the death penalty today with mans law? So does this need to be of any more concern to you? Are you okay with not wilfully murdering anyone? How do you avoid this death penalty?
God’s people were also not allowed to inter marry and the reason for the strictness was because these people were to bring forward the seed of Christ who was to save the entire world. It does not get any more important than that. God had no choice but to be strict because of this. But since it did not apply to the ignorant, death was easily avoided by not being wilfully disobedient.
Exodus 31:14 “You shall keep the Sabbath, therefore, for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people.”
This verse says the person who profanes the Sabbath will be put to death and that person will be CUT OFF from among his people. So why the apparent contradiction? Does it mean separated (cut off) from his people or put to death? It does in fact mean put to death as CUT OFF was a phrase that meant to be put to death in those days. Read Gills Commentary on this verse.
John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible. Dr. John Gill (1690-1771)
“that soul shall be cut off from among his people; that is, shall die by the hand of the civil magistrate, it being but another phrase for being put to death;”
Reading the passage carefully below you will note being CUT OFF (put to death) applied to all the Commandments but again, only those broken in ignorance. Straight after this is spoken, we find an example and in this case it just happened to be the Sabbath. It could have been any Commandment such as wilful murder and it would have still been the same result.
For even further confirmation, compare the Good News Bible for verses 30 and 31 in regards to being CUT OFF and that this does in fact mean put to death.
Numbers 15:30-31 GNB “But any who sin deliberately, whether they are natives or foreigners, are guilty of treating the LORD with contempt, and they shall be put to death, 31 because they have rejected what the LORD said and have deliberately broken one of his commands. They are responsible for their own death.”
Numbers 15:28-41 “And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth IGNORANTLY, when he sinneth by ignorance before the LORD, to make an atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him. 29 You shall have one law for him that sinneth through IGNORANCE, both for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them. 30 But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD; and that soul shall be CUT OFF from among his people. 31 Because he has despised the word of the LORD, and has BROKEN his COMMANDMENT, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him. 32 And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the Sabbath day. 33 And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation. 34 And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him. 35 And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp. 36 And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses. 37 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, 38 Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue: 39 And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that you may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that you seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which you use to go a whoring: 40 That you may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God. 41 I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD your God.”
Answer by DavidThe Sabbeth was made for man not God are we to condemn ourselves by ourselves that`s insane!
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