Leviticus 19:30

“Ye shall keep my sabbaths, etc.] By attending to the worship and service of God on sabbath days, they and their children would be preserved from the idolatry of the Gentiles, and all the filthy practices attending it: and reverence my sanctuary; and not defile it by such impurities as were committed in the temples of idols: the sanctuary being an holy place, sacred to him whose name is holy and reverend, and where was the seat of his glorious Majesty, and therefore not to be defiled by fornication or idolatry, or by doing anything in it unseemly and unbecoming, (see Gill on “<411116>Mark 11:16”): I [am] the Lord; who had appointed the observance of the sabbath day, and dwelt in the…”

“Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary--This precept is frequently repeated along with the prohibition of idolatrous practices, and here it stands closely connected with the superstitions forbidden in the previous verses.”

“19:30 Sabbath days: The Hebrew word translated “Sabbath” (shabbath) is related to a verb which means simply “to cease,” implying rest from one’s labor. The Sabbath commemorated God’s resting on the seventh day after he had completed his work of creation (Gen 1:31; 2:1-3). It began at sundown on the sixth day. With the exodus from Egypt, the Sabbath gained covenantal significance (Exod 16:23-25; 31:13). Because only free people, not slaves, had a regular day of rest, the Sabbath became symbolic of Israel’s liberation from bondage in Egypt (see Deut 5:13-15). • The people were to show reverence (literally fear) because the sanctuary, like the Sabbath, was holy. They were not to enter it when…”

“keep: Lev 19:3, Lev 26:2 reverence: Lev 10:3, Lev 15:31, Lev 16:2; Gen 28:16, Gen 28:17; Ch2 33:7, Ch2 36:14; Psa 89:7; Ecc 5:1; Eze 9:6; Mat 21:13; Joh 2:15, Joh 2:16; Co2 6:16; Pe1 4:17 Leviticus 19:31”