Read Exodus 31.12-18
In 31.12-18: God gives a concluding reminder of the sabbath commandment.
Reference to work on the tabernacle in the preceding section (31.1-11) occasions the reminder about the regular need to rest from work on the sabbath day (20.8-11).
Like the tabernacle that sets apart a sacred space in the community, the sabbath sets apart sacred time in the ongoing life of the community.
In verse 18: This action fulfills the promise God made to Moses in 24.12.
The two tablets of stone will figure prominently in the next story of the golden calf.
They will become signs of the breaking of the old covenant (32.15-16, 19) and the making of a new covenant (34.14).
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