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

those scriptures which record the provision made
for these offerings. (1 Chron. 23:31; 2 Chron. 2:4;
8:13; 31:3; Neh. 10:31, 33; Eze. 45:17) When the
ceremonial law was nailed to the cross, all the
Jewish festivals ceased to exist; for they were
ordained by it;[5] but the abrogation of that law
could only take away those rites which it had
appended to the Sabbath, leaving the original
institution precisely as it came at first from its
author.
The earliest reference to the Sabbath after the
days of Moses is found in what David and Samuel
ordained respecting the offices of the priests and
Levites at the house of God. It is as follows:--
"And other of their brethren, of the sons of the
Kohathites, were over the shew-bread, to prepare it
every Sabbath." (1 Chron. 9:32)
It will be observed that this is only an
incidental mention of the Sabbath. Such an
allusion, occurring after so long a silence, is
decisive proof that the Sabbath had not been
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