OLD TESTAMENT

Jeremiah 17:21

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The LORD says, “Be careful, and bear no burden on the Sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem.

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Verse 21. Souls. Those who broke the sabbath were to die. Exodus 30:15. Numbers 15:32.—Burdens, or servile work. Calmet.—The Jews trifle in deciding what is a burden. Orig. prin. 4:2.—Sabbath often denotes the observance of the whole law. Worthington.

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