History of the Sabbath and First Day of the Week - John N. Andrews

Matt.12:10-13; Mark 2:27,28; Luke 14:3-6.
From them we learn that God regards the
sufferings of the brute creation, and would
have them alleviated upon the Sabbath; how
much more the distress and the needs of his
people, for whose refreshment and delight the
Sabbath was made.
5. The number and variety of these allusions will
surprise the inquirer.
6. The law of the Passover certainly contemplated
the arrival of the Hebrews in the promised land
before its regular observance. Ex.12:25.
Indeed, it was only once observed in the
wilderness: namely, in the year following their
departure from Egypt; and after that, was
omitted until they entered the land of Canaan.
Num.9; Josh.5. This is proved, not merely
from the fact that no other instances are
recorded, but because that circumcision was
omitted during the whole period of their
sojourn in the wilderness; and without this
ordinance the children would have been
excluded from the Passover.
7. Dr.Gill, who considered the seventh-day
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