Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 31:15

Six days may work be done; but in the seventh [is] the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth [any] work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.

15. How the sabbath is to be observed, viz. by cessation from work. Cf. Exo 20:9 f.

a sabbath of entire rest ] So Exo 35:2, Lev 23:3 al.: see on Exo 16:23.

Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

The sabbath of rest, Heb. the sabbath of sabbaths, or, of sabbaths, i.e. the great and chief sabbath, as the song of songs is the most excellent song, the holy of holies is the most holy, &c. The Jews had many sabbaths or days of rest, but this is here preferred before them all, by this emphatical repetition of the same word; and by this argument the foregoing duty is pressed upon them.

Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole

Six days may work be done;…. Allowed to be done by an Israelite, if he would; for this is not a command to work, but a permission or grant to do it; and therefore, seeing they had so many days granted them for their use, it could not be thought hard and unreasonable that God should claim one day in seven for his own use and service, and oblige them to refrain from work on it:

but in the seventh [is] the sabbath of rest; from worldly labour, and was typical of spiritual rest here, and eternal rest hereafter:

holy to the Lord; separated from other days, and entirely devoted to the worship and service of God, and to be kept holy to the Lord in all holy and religious exercises, as hearing and reading the word, praying, praising, c.

whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, [he] shall surely be put to death the Targum of Jonathan adds, by casting stones, and so we find that the first transgressor of this law we read of was stoned to death, Nu 15:35.

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

(15) Six days.Comp. Exo. 20:9.

The sabbath of rest.Rather, a sabbath of rest, or a complete rest. The repetition (sabbath sabbthn) gives an idea of completeness.

Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)

Exo 31:15 Six days may work be done; but in the seventh [is] the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth [any] work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.

Ver. 15. Whosoever doeth any work. ] A certain Indian that had been taught by the English, coming by, and seeing one of the English profaning the Lord’s day by felling of a tree, said to him, Do you not know that this is the Lord’s day in Massachusetts (one of the English plantations), much machete man that is, very wicked man; – why break you God’s day? a

a New England’s Firstfruits.

Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)