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women, children and slaves, even the domestic animals were
to repose from all labor under the pain of death. The
Fourth Commandment of the Decalogue orders the people
of Israel: "Thou shalt remember the Sabbath day to
sanctify it." (2) The students of the Bible know how jealous
God is reported to be concerning the strict observation of
the Day of Rest. Before Moses there was no special law
about this; and the nomad Patriarchs do not seem to have
observed it. It is very likely that the Jewish Sabbath had
its origin in the Babylonian Sabattu.
Footnotes:
(1). Matt. xii. 7. (2). Exod. xx.
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to repose from all labor under the pain of death. The
Fourth Commandment of the Decalogue orders the people
of Israel: "Thou shalt remember the Sabbath day to
sanctify it." (2) The students of the Bible know how jealous
God is reported to be concerning the strict observation of
the Day of Rest. Before Moses there was no special law
about this; and the nomad Patriarchs do not seem to have
observed it. It is very likely that the Jewish Sabbath had
its origin in the Babylonian Sabattu.
Footnotes:
(1). Matt. xii. 7. (2). Exod. xx.
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