Matthew 9:9-13 reads,
9:9
As Jesus passed by from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax collection office. He said to him, "Follow me." He got up and followed him. 9:10It happened as he reclined in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and reclined with Jesus and his disciples. 9:11When the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"9:12
When Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do. 9:13But you go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."Yah'shuah taught, by his example, that his disciples should call sinners to repentance. This entails spending time with sinners in places sinners habitually spend time, in order that they may have a proper opportunity to communicate Yah'shuah's word to them. It is therefore appropriate for Yah'shuah's disciples to eat with sinners when they are in the process of communicating to these sinners Yah'shuah's words.
Mark 2:14-17 reads,
2:14
As he passed by, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the place of toll, and he said to him, "Follow me." And he arose and followed him.2:15
It happened, that he was reclining at the table in his house, and many tax collectors and sinners sat down with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many, and they followed him. 2:16The scribes and the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, "Why is it that he eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?"2:17
When Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."Matthew 9:14-15 reads,
9:14
Then John’s disciples came to him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don’t fast?"9:15
Jesus said to them, "Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.Yah'shuah's disciples should fast often, even as John's disciples fasted often. This is in harmony with Yah'shuah's teaching in Matthew 5:6, whereby a blessing is pronounced on those who hunger and thirst for righteousness. Yah'shuah's disciples should therefore fast often for righteousness.
Mark 2:18-20 reads,
2:18
John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and they came and asked him, "Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don’t fast?"2:19
Jesus said to them, "Can the sons of the bride chamber fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they can’t fast. 2:20But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then will they fast in that day.Pray That The Father Sends Out Labourers Into His Harvest
Matthew 9:35-38 reads,
9:35
Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people. 9:36But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, as sheep without a shepherd. 9:37Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest indeed is plentiful, but the laborers are few. 9:38Pray therefore that the Lord of the harvest will send out laborers into his harvest."Following Yah'shuah's example his disciples should go about in all places of worship and perform Yah'shuah's works in these places, including preaching the gospel of the kingdom and teaching his word.
Yah'shuah's Instruction To His Twelve Apostles
Matthew 10:1-11:1 reads,
10:1
He called to himself his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every sickness. 10:2Now the names of the twelve apostles are these. The first, Simon, who is called Peter; Andrew, his brother; James the son of Zebedee; John, his brother; 10:3Philip; Bartholomew; Thomas; Matthew, the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus; and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus; 10:4Simon the Canaanite; and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.10:5
Jesus sent these twelve out, and charged them, saying, "Don’t go among the Gentiles, and don’t enter into any city of the Samaritans. 10:6Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 10:7As you go, preach, saying, ‘The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!’ 10:8Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, and cast out demons. Freely you received, so freely give. 10:9Don’t take any gold, nor silver, nor brass in your money belts. 10:10Take no bag for your journey, neither two coats, nor shoes, nor staff: for the laborer is worthy of his food. 10:11Into whatever city or village you enter, find out who in it is worthy; and stay there until you go on. 10:12As you enter into the household, greet it. 10:13If the household is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it isn’t worthy, let your peace return to you. 10:14Whoever doesn’t receive you, nor hear your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake off the dust from your feet. 10:15Most assuredly I tell you, It will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.10:16
"Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. 10:17But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you. 10:18Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles. 10:19But when they deliver you up, don’t be anxious how or what you will say, for it will be given you in that hour what you will say. 10:20For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.10:21
"Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death. 10:22You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end, the same will be saved. 10:23But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next, for most assuredly I tell you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel, until the Son of Man has come.10:24
"A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord. 10:25It is enough for the disciple that he be like his teacher, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household! 10:26Therefore don’t be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed; and hidden that will not be known. 10:27What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops. 10:28Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.10:29
"Aren’t two sparrows sold for an assarion? Not one of them falls on the ground apart from your Father’s will, 10:30but the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 10:31Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows. 10:32Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, him I will also confess before my Father who is in heaven. 10:33But whoever denies me before men, him I will also deny before my Father who is in heaven.10:34
"Don’t think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn’t come to send peace, but a sword. 10:35For I came to set a man at odds against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. 10:36A man’s foes will be those of his own household. 10:37He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn’t worthy of me. 10:38He who doesn’t take his cross and follow after me, isn’t worthy of me. 10:39He who finds his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it. 10:40He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me. 10:41He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward: and he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward. 10:42Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, most assuredly I tell you he will in no way lose his reward."11:1
It happened that when Jesus had finished directing his twelve disciples, he departed there to teach and preach in their cities.Not All Of Yah'shuah's Disciples Have The Same Authority
It should be noted from 10:1 that prior to Yah'shuah giving these twelve disciples of his the authority that he gave them they lacked it. It should therefore be clear that not all of Yah'shuah's disciples have the same authority at any given point in time. For Yah'shuah had other disciples whom he did not give this authority that he had given to these twelve. It should also be clear that the authority a disciple of Yah'shuah has today is not necessarily the same authority he will have in future. For Yah'shuah changes the authority he gives to his disciples at different points of time in their lives.
Yah'shuah Instructions For A Particular Mission Are Not Necessarily Applicable To All Missions
It should be noted from 10:5 that the particular commands Yah'shuah gave his twelve apostles were specific to them, and also to this mission that he had sent them on. It should not be assumed that the commands for this mission are applicable to all of Yah'shuah's disciples, seeing that Yah'shuah later gave commands for other missions that were different to these ones here.
It should also be noted that Yah'shuah's disciples should honour and fulfil the commands that Yah'shuah gives them for the various missions that Yah'shuah sends them on. The commands for a particular mission might be different from the commands for a different mission. Yah'shuah's disciples must therefore be careful to honour and fulfil the commands for the specific mission that they have been given.
Benefit From Yah'shuah's Miraculous Gifts Should Be Accorded Without Receiving Payment
10:8 shows that when Yah'shuah has given his disciples miraculous gifts used in his service they should use these gifts without requesting payment from those who derive benefit from their use. In other words, Yah'shuah's miraculous gifts are not to be sold.
Those Deriving Benefit From Yah'shuah's Disciples Should Provide For The Latter's Needs
10:10-11 shows that Yah'shuah's disciples on his missions should be provided for by those among whom they undertake their missionary work. Yah'shuah's disciples should therefore willingly receive whatever is offered to them by those they work amongst as they fulfil their missionary duties.
What Yah'shuah Permits You To Do On The Sabbath
Matthew 12:1-13 reads,
12:1
At that time, Jesus went on the Sabbath day through the grain fields. His disciples were hungry and began to pluck heads of grain and to eat. 12:2But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, "Behold, your disciples do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath."12:3
But he said to them, "Haven’t you read what David did, when he was hungry, and those who were with him; 12:4how he entered into the house of God, and ate the show bread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for those who were with him, but only for the priests? 12:5Or have you not read in the law, that on the Sabbath day, the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are guiltless? 12:6But I tell you that one greater than the temple is here. 12:7But if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless. 12:8For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."12:9
He departed there, and went into their synagogue. 12:10And behold there was a man with a withered hand. They asked him, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day?" that they might accuse him.12:11
He said to them, "What man is there among you, who has one sheep, and if this one falls into a pit on the Sabbath day, won't he grab on to it, and lift it out? 12:12How much, then, is a man of more value than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath day." 12:13Then he told the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out; and it was restored whole, just like the other.It Is Possible To Be Guiltless Even When One Has Violated A Specific Provision Of Yahweh's Law
Yah'shuah taught that it is possible to be guiltless even though one has violated a specific provision of Yahweh's law! For David and the men accompanying him violated Yahweh's law that those who are not priests should not eat the show bread, yet they were not held guilty. And temple priests regularly violated legal provisions pertaining to the Sabbath, yet they were not held guilty. It is therefore indeed possible to violate specific provisions of Yahweh's law, yet not be held guilty for so violating those specific provisions.
In David's case he was hungry. Satisfaction of his hunger had the greater PRIORITY over observing Yahweh's specific law that those who were not priests not eat the show bread. For in that instance the only food available to David and his men was the show bread, and if they did not eat this bread at that time they probably would have died or would have continued to suffer great hunger. In such situations, preservation of life takes priority over adherence to a specific provision of Yahweh's law.
Yahweh Has Commanded Specific People To Undertake Actions That Violate Some General Commands Of His
In the case of temple priests it should be noted that the actions they undertook that resulted in their profaning the Sabbath were Yahweh's commands. In other words, Yahweh gave temple priests specific commands that they had to abide by that resulted in their profaning the Sabbath. These commands Yahweh gave them had greater PRIORITY over observing the laws of not profaning the Sabbath.
It therefore appears that there is a category of Yahweh's laws that can be violated in certain allowable situations, with one not being held guilty.
Merciful Acts Take Priority Over Sacrificial Acts
12:7 notes that Yahweh desires mercy, and not sacrifice. Therefore, if in being merciful to a person the only manner one may so be merciful is by violating a specific provision of Yahweh's law, a law that would fall under a sacrificial law category, then one ought to be merciful to that person and violate that sacrificial law. In such situations one is not held guilty for violating the sacrificial law. In other words, mercy has the greater PRIORITY over sacrifice.
Yah'shuah's Authority Supersedes That Of The Sabbath
12:8 notes that Yah'shuah is indeed lord or master over the Sabbath. Seeing that his authority supersedes that of the Sabbath, whatever he tells one to do on the Sabbath, even if it has the effect of violating a sacrificial law of Yahweh, is still valid and must be abided by. For it is in this manner that temple priests perform their temple duties, even though by so performing these duties they violate the sacrificial laws connected with the Sabbath. Therefore one who obeys Yah'shuah's words with the effect of violating a sacrificial law connected with the Sabbath is not held guilty.
In the case of Yah'shuah's disciples who were hungry and began to pluck the heads of grain and to eat it should be noted that their case was in principle the same as that of David and his men. For the only manner one could have been merciful to them in their particular situation was by allowing them to violate a sacrificial law connected with the Sabbath in order to allow them not to starve. And it was in this manner that mercy was shown to David and his men in order to allow them to eat of the show bread forbidden to them by Yahweh's sacrificial laws. It should therefore be clear that a principle taught by Yah'shuah to his disciples is that merciful actions take PRIORITY over or supersede Yahweh's sacrificial laws where there is a conflict between these two.
Yahweh's Law Provides A Mechanism For Resolving Conflicts Of Legal Principles
It should also be noted that conflict of legal principles was allowed for by the law, and its resolution also provided for in the law. For Deuteronomy 17:8-13 reads,
17:8
If there arise a matter too hard for you in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within your gates; then shall you arise, and go up to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose; 17:9and you shall come to the priests the Levites, and to the judge who shall be in those days: and you shall inquire; and they shall show you the sentence of judgment. 17:10You shall do according to the tenor of the sentence which they shall show you from that place which Yahweh shall choose; and you shall observe to do according to all that they shall teach you: 17:11according to the tenor of the law which they shall teach you, and according to the judgment which they shall tell you, you shall do; you shall not turn aside from the sentence which they shall show you, to the right hand, nor to the left. 17:12The man who does presumptuously, in not listening to the priest who stands to minister there before Yahweh your God, or to the judge, even that man shall die: and you shall put away the evil from Israel. 17:13All the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously.Yah'shuah's Actions Were Compliant With Yahweh's Law
It is therefore evident that Yah'shuah's actions were well in truly in harmony with the law, even as he himself said in Matthew 5:17-18,
5:17
"Don’t think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn’t come to destroy, but to fulfill. 5:18For most assuredly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not even one smallest letter or one tiny pen stroke shall in any way pass away from the law, until all things are accomplished.Distinguish Between Yahweh's Sacrificial Laws And Yahweh's Higher Principles
Yah'shuah's disciples therefore need to learn to categorise Yahweh's sacrificial laws, and note that if a conflict arises between these sacrificial laws and Yahweh's higher principles, such as justice, mercy and faith, the higher principles prevail over the sacrificial laws. One violating a sacrificial law in such circumstances is not held guilty by Yahweh.
Yahweh's Sacrificial Laws Should Be Violated Only When Yahweh's Higher Principles Are Operative
It should also be noted that sacrificial laws can and should only be violated where a conflict arises between them and Yahweh's higher principles. In a situation where no conflict arises Yah'shuah's disciples should truly observe the sacrificial laws that they should. For not observing such when they indeed can is disobeying Yahweh's word, a word that they should not disobey but should be faithful to.
An Example Of The Principle Of Mercy Taking Priority Over Sacrifice
12:9-13 further illustrates the principle of mercy having greater priority over sacrifice. For where a person is undergoing suffering or imprisonment, and it is possible, in mercy, to alleviate that suffering or release that imprisoned one, one should indeed perform the good or merciful deed, even on a Sabbath. For Yahweh's higher laws or principles supersede or have greater priority over his sacrificial or lesser laws.
The Sabbath Was Made For Man, Not Man For The Sabbath
Mark 2:23-3:6 reads,
2:23
It happened that he was going on the Sabbath day through the grain fields, and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of grain. 2:24The Pharisees said to him, "Behold, why do they do that which is not lawful on the Sabbath day?"2:25
He said to them, "Did you never read what David did, when he had need, and was hungry — he, and they who were with him? 2:26How he entered into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the show bread, which it is not lawful to eat except for the priests, and gave also to those who were with him?" 2:27He said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. 2:28Therefore the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath."3:1
He entered again into the synagogue, and there was a man there who had his hand withered. 3:2They watched him, whether he would heal him on the Sabbath day, that they might accuse him. 3:3He said to the man who had his hand withered, "Stand up." 3:4He said to them, "Is it lawful on the Sabbath day to do good, or to do harm? To save a life, or to kill?" But they were silent. 3:5When he had looked around at them with anger, being grieved at the hardening of their hearts, he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and his hand was restored as healthy as the other. 3:6The Pharisees went out, and immediately took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.What Purposes Of Man Was The Sabbath Made To Serve?
Yah'shuah's words in Mark 2:27-28 should be noted. That the Sabbath was made for man implies that it was made to serve man's purposes, rather than man serving the purposes of the Sabbath. What purpose or purposes of man was the Sabbath made to serve?
Man Should Rest On The Sabbath, The Seventh Day Of The Week
Exodus 16:22-30 reads,
16:22
It happened that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one, and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses. 16:23He said to them, "This is that which Yahweh has spoken, ‘Tomorrow is a solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to Yahweh. Bake that which you want to bake, and boil that which you want to boil; and all that remains over lay up for yourselves to be kept until the morning." 16:24They laid it up until the morning, as Moses asked, and it didn’t become foul, neither was there any worm in it. 16:25Moses said, "Eat that today, for today is a Sabbath to Yahweh. Today you shall not find it in the field. 16:26Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day is the Sabbath. In it there shall be none." 16:27It happened on the seventh day, that some of the people went out to gather, and they found none. 16:28Yahweh said to Moses, "How long do you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws? 16:29Behold, because Yahweh has given you the Sabbath, therefore he gives you on the sixth day the bread of two days. Everyone stay in his place. Let no one go out of his place on the seventh day." 16:30So the people rested on the seventh day.The Sabbath, the seventh day of the week, was made that man may rest on it in a solemn rest to Yahweh. Six days a week man is to engage in food gathering activities, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath day, he is not to so engage but should rest.
Yahweh Desires That Man Copies Him In Certain Respects
Exodus 20:8-11 reads,
20:8
"Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 20:9You shall labor six days, and do all your work, 20:10but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God. You shall not do any work in it, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your man-servant, nor your maid-servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates; 20:11for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore Yahweh blessed the Sabbath day, and made it holy.Because Yahweh rested the seventh day, blessed it and made it holy, he commands man to likewise rest on the seventh day, and keep or preserve it in its holy state. In other words, Yahweh desires that man copies him or acts like he acts.
How Should Man Keep The Sabbath Holy?
How is man to keep the Sabbath holy?
It appears that one way of profaning the Sabbath is by doing one's work in it, thereby not resting. Resting is therefore a way of keeping holy the Sabbath.
Also, that the Sabbath commemorates Yahweh creation in six days of heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day, man should keep in constant memory Yahweh's creative and restive works, and the reasons for Yahweh so doing. In other words, man should learn why Yahweh created the things that he did and appropriate do his part as Yahweh meant him to do.
Exodus 31:12-17 reads,
31:12
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 31:13"Speak also to the children of Israel, saying, ‘Most assuredly you shall keep my Sabbaths: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that you may know that I am Yahweh who sanctifies you. 31:14You shall keep the Sabbath therefore; for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. 31:15Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to Yahweh. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall surely be put to death. 31:16Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. 31:17It is a sign between me and the children of Israel forever; for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.’"By man observing the Sabbath he acknowledges Yahweh's words that in six days he made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed. In other words, observing the Sabbath is an expression of faith or belief in Yahweh's words concerning the duration it took him to create heaven and earth.
Yahweh Wills That Man Be Refreshed By Resting On The Sabbath Day
Also, seeing that Yahweh was refreshed when he rested on the seventh day, and seeing that he commands man to likewise rest on the seventh day, it appears that he desires that man be refreshed by his rest on the Sabbath.
Exodus 31:14-15 makes clear that the manner of profaning the Sabbath is by not resting on it, by working on it.
Yahweh Commanded Israelites Not To Kindle Fires On The Sabbath Day
Exodus 35:1-3 reads,
35:1
Moses assembled all the congregation of the children of Israel, and said to them, "These are the words which Yahweh has commanded, that you should do them. 35:2‘Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of solemn rest to Yahweh: whoever does any work in it shall be put to death. 35:3You shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations on the Sabbath day.’"For what purpose were fires kindled?
The Sabbath Should Be Used For Spiritual Cleansing
Leviticus 16:29-31 reads,
16:29
"It shall be a statute to you forever: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and shall do no manner of work, the native-born, or the stranger who sojourns among you: 16:30for on this day shall atonement be made for you, to cleanse you; from all your sins you shall be clean before Yahweh. 16:31It is a Sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall afflict your souls; it is a statute forever.This particular Sabbath, the tenth day of the seventh month, was made for man to be cleansed from all his sins. Drawing upon this principle it appears that the weekly Sabbath can indeed be used for cleansing man from his sins, that he may be spiritually clean before Yahweh.
Yahweh Commanded Aaronic Priests To Undertake Specific Works And Kindle Fires On The Sabbath
Leviticus 24:1-9 reads,
24:1
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 24:2Command the children of Israel, that they bring to you pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually. 24:3Outside of the veil of the testimony, in the tent of meeting, shall Aaron keep it in order from evening to morning before Yahweh continually: it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations. 24:4He shall keep in order the lamps on the pure lampstand before Yahweh continually. 24:5You shall take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes of it: two tenth parts of an ephah shall be in one cake. 24:6You shall set them in two rows, six on a row, on the pure table before Yahweh. 24:7You shall put pure frankincense on each row, that it may be to the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire to Yahweh. 24:8Every Sabbath day he shall set it in order before Yahweh continually; it is on the behalf of the children of Israel, an everlasting covenant. 24:9It shall be for Aaron and his sons; and they shall eat it in a holy place: for it is most holy to him of the offerings of Yahweh made by fire by a perpetual statute.Yahweh's Works Can And Should Be Performed On The Sabbath
It should be noted that this bread for a memorial was an offering made by fire to Yahweh. It should also be noted that Yahweh commanded that it be made not only every day, but also on every Sabbath day. In other words, Yahweh's command here that an offering be made by fire to him superseded or had priority over his command in Exodus 35:3, of not kindling fires in the habitations of the people. It therefore appears that some works can indeed be performed on the Sabbath, works that are performed to Yahweh. Yahweh's works can and should therefore be performed on the Sabbath.
It should also be noticed that Exodus 35:3 forbids man from kindling a fire in his habitations - where he lives. It appears that the priests who kindled a fire to Yahweh on the Sabbath did not live in the tent of meeting, implying that, strictly speaking, they were not kindling a fire in their habitations.
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