Exodus 31:13

“Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, etc.] Notwithstanding all that has been said and ordered concerning making the tabernacle and all things belonging to it; yet this was not to be understood to the violation of the sabbath, or the neglect of that, in which no work was to be done, no, not any relating to the tabernacle and the vessels of it; and though that was to be made, and everything belonging to it, as soon as possible, yet the sabbath was to be observed, and not broken on that account; and this the people of Israel were told of, saying; verily, or “nevertheless” f930, my sabbaths ye shall keep not sabbaths of years, as the seventh year and the fiftieth year, but of weeks,…”

“The penal law of the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2-3. In the fourth commandment the injunction to observe the seventh day is addressed to the conscience of the people (see Exodus 20:8 note): in this place, the object is to declare an infraction of the commandment to be a capital offence. The two passages stand in a relation to each other similar to that between Leviticus 18:0, Leviticus 19:0, and Leviticus 20:0. It seems likely that the penal edict was especially introduced as a caution in reference to the construction of the tabernacle, lest the people, in their zeal to carry on the work, should be tempted to break the divine law for the observance of the day. Exodus 31:14 See Numbers 15:32-36. The…”

“It is a sign between me and you - The institution of the sabbath was a great instance of God's favour, and a sign that he had distinguished them from all other people: and their religious observance of it, was a great instance of their duty to him. God, by sanctifying this day among them, let them know that he sanctified them, and set them apart for his service, otherwise he would not have revealed to them his holy sabbaths to be the support of religion among them. The Jews by observing one day in seven, after six days labour, testified that they worshipped the God that made the world in six days, and rested the seventh; and so distinguished themselves from other nations, who having first…”

“Verily: Exo 20:8-11; Lev 19:3, Lev 19:30, Lev 23:3, Lev 25:2, Lev 26:2 a sign: Exo 31:17; Neh 9:14; Eze 20:12, Eze 20:20, Eze 44:24 that ye may: Lev 20:8, Lev 21:8; Eze 37:28; Joh 17:17, Joh 17:19; Th1 5:23; Jde 1:1 Exodus 31:14”