Jon Collins
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So it's a good example of how biblical authors selectively create groups of seven on purpose.
So seven is, again, it's the Hebrew word Sheva.
It's spelled with the same letters as the Hebrew word Sava, which means to fill up or to satisfy, complete.
So it's a very common literary device to arrange things in groups of seven.
But also notice that this is a command about the seventh day.
So the seventh day is a completion of work.
There should be no rest.
And who is it that gets to benefit from the resting from work?
The complete community.
Remember that little puzzle.
What does it mean that the seventh day is a Shabbat of Yahweh?
What does that mean?
We come back around to that.