It is interesting to consider the order of the various commandments and promises that the Lord made with Moses and the people of Israel. The Sabbath day was first and I’ve never noted the wording that the Lord “rested in the seventh day and was refreshed.” That tells me that however we keep the Sabbath day we should find ourselves refreshed if we are doing it in the proper spirit.
Anther requirement, like keeping the feast of Passover, was that all the men should present themselves before God three times each year. The Lord also makes a promise that nobody will ever take advantage of this by invading their lands while they are making those requisite pilgrimages. That’s one I’d never heard before.
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