Thematic Bible: Desecration of, under the mosaic law


Thematic Bible



But if ye will not hearken unto me to sanctify the sabbath day, and not to bring burdens nor bring it in through the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then I will kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.

But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they did not walk in my statutes, and they despised my rights, by which the man that does them shall live by them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted; therefore I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness to consume them.

Thou hast despised my holy things and hast profaned my sabbaths.

And I will scatter thee among the Gentiles and disperse thee in the countries and will consume thy filthiness out of thee.


Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you; those that defile it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

And while the sons of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered firewood upon the sabbath day.

And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death; all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp.


And it came to pass that some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather, and they found none. And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?


In those days I saw in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath and bringing in sheaves and lading asses with wine, grapes, figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day; and I protested unto them the day in which they sold the food.