Exodus 31:17

“It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever, etc.] In like sense as the land of Canaan was given them for an everlasting possession; and the covenant of circumcision, and the ordinance of the passover, and the fast on the day of atonement, were for ever; that is, unto the end of the Jewish world and state, at the coming of Christ, when a new world and state of things began, (see <011708>Genesis 17:8,9,13 <021224>Exodus 12:24 <031629>Leviticus 16:29,31,34) for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed; which is to be understood figuratively after the manner of men, who ceasing from toil and labour find rest and refreshment;…”

“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…”

“On the seventh day he rested - And as the work of creation is worthy to be thus commemorated, so the great Creator is worthy to be thus imitated, by a holy rest the seventh day. Exodus 31:18”

“a sign: Exo 31:13; Eze 20:12, Eze 20:20 six days: Gen 1:31, Gen 2:2, Gen 2:3; Heb 4:3, Heb 4:4, Heb 4:10 and was refreshed: God, in condescension to human weakness, applies to himself here what belongs to man; though it may refer to the delight and satisfaction with which he contemplated the completion of all his works, and pronounced them very good. Gen 1:31; Job 38:7; Psa 104:31; Jer 32:41 Exodus 31:18”