Moses and the Jews Before Mount Sinai. While Israel was captive in Egypt, Pharaoh was not pleased with them, and gave this reason: Exo 5:5 And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens. The word rest is , shabath. The same word is used in Genesis 2:2-3 with the seventh day of creation. Israel was observing a sabbath rest in Egypt, and this angered Pharaoh who then commanded them to also gather their own straw to make bricks, but the quota of bricks was to remain the same. Pharaohs attempt to force work on Israel such that they could not rest on the sabbath, led to the plagues falling on the Egyptians. After leaving Egypt, but before the commandments of God were given on stone tablets atop mount Sinai, God had already shown Israel precisely which day was His sabbath: Exo 16:23 And he [Moses] said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: Some may think that any old day will satisfy God, but the Lord left no doubt about the day he wanted observed, he told Moses and the Israelites exactly which day was the sabbath. For 40 years a double portion of manna fell on Friday, and no manna fell on sabbath. Note that this began BEFORE the Ten Commandments were given to Moses on Sinai. The manna continued until the Israelites entered the promised land (Exodus 16:35, Joshua 5:12). With 52 weeks a year, that means God made the seventh day sabbath plain to them for over 2000 weeks. It is a day that does matter to God.
Posted on: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 08:12:05 +0000
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