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

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priests, how little <strong>of</strong> blame could be attached to <strong>the</strong><br />

disciples who had not even violated a precept <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> ceremonial law? Thus much for <strong>the</strong> disciples'<br />

satisfying <strong>the</strong>ir hunger as <strong>the</strong>y did upon <strong>the</strong><br />

<strong>Sabbath</strong>. Our Lord's next example is designed to<br />

show what labor upon <strong>the</strong> <strong>Sabbath</strong> is not a<br />

violation <strong>of</strong> its sacredness.<br />

6. And hence <strong>the</strong> case <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> priests is cited.<br />

The same God who had said in <strong>the</strong> fourth<br />

comm<strong>and</strong>ment, "Six days shalt thou labor <strong>and</strong> do<br />

all THY work," had comm<strong>and</strong>ed that <strong>the</strong> priests<br />

upon <strong>the</strong> <strong>Sabbath</strong> should <strong>of</strong>fer certain sacrifices in<br />

his temple. (Num. 28:9, 10)<br />

Herein was no contradiction; for <strong>the</strong> labor<br />

performed by <strong>the</strong> priests upon <strong>the</strong> <strong>Sabbath</strong> was<br />

simply <strong>the</strong> maintenance <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> appointed worship<br />

<strong>of</strong> God in his temple, <strong>and</strong> was not doing what <strong>the</strong><br />

comm<strong>and</strong>ment calls "THY WORK." Labor <strong>of</strong> this<br />

kind, <strong>the</strong>refore, <strong>the</strong> Saviour being judge, was not,<br />

<strong>and</strong> never had been, a violation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Sabbath</strong>.<br />

7. But it is highly probable that <strong>the</strong> Saviour, in<br />

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