Numbers
Numbers 15
Numbers 15:32-36
Now while the sons of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering wood on the sabbath day. Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation; and they put him in custody because it had not been declared what should be done to him. Then the LORD said to Moses, "The man shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp." So all the congregation brought him outside the camp and stoned him to death with stones, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Sabbath Fact List:
- Gathering wood on the Sabbath is a violation of the commandments regarding the Sabbath day and is punishable by death. (Numbers 15:32-36)
Numbers 28
The last two references to Shabbat in Numbers are found in chapter 28:
Numbers 28:9-10
Then on the sabbath day two male lambs one year old without defect, and two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, and its drink offering: This is the burnt offering of every sabbath in addition to the continual burnt offering and its drink offering.
These two verses refer to the twice-daily sacrifices offered in the Tabernacle/Temple and points out how two lambs are to be brought for the sacrifices on the Sabbath. The picture of Messiah and the Lamb of G-d and His association with the Sabbath is made here again.
Sabbath Fact List:
- The Sabbath day sacrifices in the Tabernacle are noted to be unblemished lambs. (Numbers 28:9-10)
Deuteronomy 5
Deuteronomy 5 contains the next references to the Sabbath. We are given reminders there regarding the holiness and purpose of the Sabbath day:
Deuteronomy 5:12-15
'Observe the sabbath day to keep it holy, as the LORD your God commanded you. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath of the LORD your God; in it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter or your male servant or your female servant or your ox or your donkey or any of your cattle or your sojourner who stays with you, so that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you. You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God brought you out of there by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm; therefore the LORD your God commanded you to observe the sabbath day.
Sabbath Fact List:
- G-d commanded:
- Israel should observe the Sabbath day. (Deut 5:12)
- Israel should keep the Sabbath day holy. (Deut 5:12)
- Israel should labor for six days (Deut 5:13) but not do any work on the seventh day. (Deut 5:14)
- Israel's children, servants, animals, or visitors should not work on the seventh. day (Deut 5:14)
- The reason that Israel is to honor a specific day is because G-d brought the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm (Deut 5:15)
With much that has already been said earlier in the Torah, we continue to add more and more to our Sabbath fact list. The next section of Scripture we shall examine is the Writings and Prophets (Neviim and Ketuvim).