The Meaning of Exodus 35:3 Explained

Exodus 35:3

KJV: Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.

YLT: ye do not burn a fire in any of your dwellings on the sabbath-day.'

Darby: Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your dwellings upon the sabbath day.

ASV: Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Ye shall kindle  no fire  throughout your habitations  upon the sabbath  day. 

What does Exodus 35:3 Mean?

Context Summary

Exodus 35:1-19 - The Sabbath And Offerings To God
Very significantly this chapter commences with the reiteration of the Rest-day. Perhaps the people needed to be reminded that, amid all the din of preparation for the new Tabernacle, they were not to allow their work, however noble the object, to break in on the Sabbath-keeping of the camp. He then proceeded to enumerate the character of the gifts that were required. Those who had costly heirlooms had nothing too good; and they who could only bring the acacia wood of the desert were welcome to bring that. Women who were clever with their hands might spin the flax or weave the soft white wool of the Angora goat. A wide variety of work was offered, which reminds us of 1 Corinthians 12:4, and following. Repeatedly he urged the word "willing-hearted," and the Hebrew phrase signifies a heart driven by a holy purpose. Tennyson uses the phrase, "Whose heart drove him on like a goad." There was no crack of the taskmaster's whip. "The love of God constrained." "O love that will not let me go!" [source]

Chapter Summary: Exodus 35

1  The Sabbath
4  The free gifts for the tabernacle
20  The readiness of the people to offer
30  Bezaleel and Aholiab are called to the work

What do the individual words in Exodus 35:3 mean?

No You shall kindle fire throughout your dwellings on day the Sabbath -
לֹא־ תְבַעֲר֣וּ אֵ֔שׁ בְּכֹ֖ל מֹשְׁבֹֽתֵיכֶ֑ם בְּי֖וֹם הַשַּׁבָּֽת פ

לֹא־  No 
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
תְבַעֲר֣וּ  You  shall  kindle 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, second person masculine plural
Root: בָּעַר 
Sense: to burn, consume, kindle, be kindled.
אֵ֔שׁ  fire 
Parse: Noun, common singular
Root: אֵשׁ  
Sense: fire.
בְּכֹ֖ל  throughout 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
מֹשְׁבֹֽתֵיכֶ֑ם  your  dwellings 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine plural
Root: מֹושָׁב  
Sense: seat, assembly, dwelling-place, dwelling, dwellers.
בְּי֖וֹם  on  day 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
הַשַּׁבָּֽת  the  Sabbath 
Parse: Article, Noun, common singular
Root: שַׁבָּת  
Sense: Sabbath.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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