GOD'S SABBATH AND THE REAL TRUTH OF COL 2:14-17 WHO DO WE BELIEVE GOD or MAN?

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Studyman

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I'll rephrase

does Jesus give this same commandment to every physically crippled person?
You didn't like the first answer. OK. You ask questions and I try and answer. I as a question and you ignore it. I don't think that is how it should go.

It appears you already have an answer that pleases you, that justifies you, so I'll leave you to it. In closing, Jesus is no respecter of persons, at least, the Jesus of the Bible is. So I'm not sure it really matters what our infirmity is, His instruction would be the same.

"Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me."
 

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You didn't like the first answer. OK. You ask questions and I try and answer. I as a question and you ignore it. I don't think that is how it should go.

It appears you already have an answer that pleases you, that justifies you, so I'll leave you to it. In closing, Jesus is no respecter of persons, at least, the Jesus of the Bible is. So I'm not sure it really matters what our infirmity is, His instruction would be the same.

"Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me."
i didn't accept your first response because it looked to me like you were altering the question, and then answering the new question

so, you can answer the rephrased question if you like
 

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You didn't like the first answer. OK. You ask questions and I try and answer. I as a question and you ignore it. I don't think that is how it should go.

It appears you already have an answer that pleases you, that justifies you, so I'll leave you to it. In closing, Jesus is no respecter of persons, at least, the Jesus of the Bible is. So I'm not sure it really matters what our infirmity is, His instruction would be the same.

"Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me."
"It appears you already have an answer that pleases you, that justifies you, so I'll leave you to it.*"

Yes, be led by the spirit, like this

Acts 16: 6. When they had gone through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.

strange thing for the spirit to lead someone to do, but there we are

walking by the spirit, we are children of God, and justified, amen!

Romans 8: 14. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God.
 

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"It appears you already have an answer that pleases you, that justifies you, so I'll leave you to it.*"

Yes, be led by the spirit, like this

Acts 16: 6. When they had gone through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.

strange thing for the spirit to lead someone to do, but there we are

walking by the spirit, we are children of God, and justified, amen!

Romans 8: 14. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God.
There are other spirits that disguise itself as God's but isn't. Jesus said we would know them by their "works". You may have read the warnings.

Matt. 24:4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.5
For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

So how do we know? Jesus gives us test for that as well.

1 John 2:3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

Who is the His here?

John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

This would include His Sabbath that is taught against by "MANY" who come in His Name.

14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

 

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only a pharisee type would call traveling or carrying their bed on the Sabbath a "work"

There is not Law in the "OT" limiting the distance one can travel on the Sabbath, "a SAbbath \day's jopurney" is based off man made rabbinical/pharisee law.

that man carrying his bed was in direct violation of said man made law, that is why Yahshua tolod him to do it. You see EVERY, that is EVERY SINGLE miracle Yahshua did he also transgressed the pharisees/rabbis man made law called the "talmud" but many have no clue of this and think for eaxample because in Acts is says "Sabbath day's journey" that it us actually a law, search the Scriptures, you will not find a siungle passage, what you will find is something not related that the pharisees claim as their basis for their own imaginative law. Just like they do with the whole word.... make up their own understanding rather than accept what YHWH says.
'only a pharisee type would call traveling or carrying their bed on the Sabbath a "work"'

it doesn't say how heavy his mattress was, or how far his house was

the law says people are supposed to stay in their place on the Sabbath
It does not matter how heavey the bed was or how far. There ius no travel restrictions on the length one can travel on the Sabbath.

Can you quote in the word where these things are you say?
 

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There are other spirits that disguise itself as God's but isn't. Jesus said we would know them by their "works". You may have read the warnings.

Matt. 24:4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.5
For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

So how do we know? Jesus gives us test for that as well.

1 John 2:3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

Who is the His here?

John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

This would include His Sabbath that is taught against by "MANY" who come in His Name.

14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

1 John 2: 3. This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments.

big amen there

and keep them in the way that Jesus tells you
which may differ from one person to the next

Matthew 28: 19. Go, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit

but to a particular person he says

Acts 16: 6. When they had gone through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.
 

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It does not matter how heavey the bed was or how far. There ius no travel restrictions on the length one can travel on the Sabbath.

Can you quote in the word where these things are you say?
Exodus 16: 29. Behold, because Yhwh has given you the Sabbath, therefore he gives you on the sixth day the bread of two days. Everyone stay in his place. Let no one go out of his place on the seventh day." - Bible Offline
 

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Exodus 16: 29. Behold, because Yhwh has given you the Sabbath, therefore he gives you on the sixth day the bread of two days. Everyone stay in his place. Let no one go out of his place on the seventh day." - Bible Offline
Are you sure you are understanding that right?

Lets take a look;

Exodus

16:22, "And it came to be, on the sixth day, that they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one. And all the rulers of the congregation came and told Mosheh."

16:25-31, "And Mosheh said, “Eat it today, for today is a Sabbath to יהוה, today you do not find it in the field Gather it six days, but on the seventh day, which is the Sabbath, there is none. And it came to be that some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather, but they found none. And יהוה said to Mosheh, “How long shall you refuse to guard My commands and My Torah See, because יהוה has given you the Sabbath, therefore He is giving you bread for two days on the sixth day. Let each one stay in his place, do not let anyone go out of his place on the seventh day So the people rested on the seventh day. And the house of Yisra’ĕl called its name Manna. And it was like white coriander seed, and the taste of it was like thin cakes made with honey."

Ohh you completely missed the context and used it to make up a law that is not a part of YHWH 's Law...

They were given enough bread for the 6th day and the 7th on the 6th day and told not to go out and gather bread on the 7th day....

Not at all about what you ere claiming. We need to take an honest look at the Word not use anything we can to criticize or twist.
 

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Are you sure you are understanding that right?

Lets take a look;

Exodus

16:22, "And it came to be, on the sixth day, that they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one. And all the rulers of the congregation came and told Mosheh."

16:25-31, "And Mosheh said, “Eat it today, for today is a Sabbath to יהוה, today you do not find it in the field Gather it six days, but on the seventh day, which is the Sabbath, there is none. And it came to be that some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather, but they found none. And יהוה said to Mosheh, “How long shall you refuse to guard My commands and My Torah See, because יהוה has given you the Sabbath, therefore He is giving you bread for two days on the sixth day. Let each one stay in his place, do not let anyone go out of his place on the seventh day So the people rested on the seventh day. And the house of Yisra’ĕl called its name Manna. And it was like white coriander seed, and the taste of it was like thin cakes made with honey."

Ohh you completely missed the context and used it to make up a law that is not a part of YHWH 's Law...

They were given enough bread for the 6th day and the 7th on the 6th day and told not to go out and gather bread on the 7th day....

Not at all about what you ere claiming. We need to take an honest look at the Word not use anything we can to criticize or twist.
i read it differently

i believe they were given twice as much bread on the sixth day

because they weren't to leave their place on the seventh
 

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It does not matter how heavey the bed was or how far. There ius no travel restrictions on the length one can travel on the Sabbath.

Can you quote in the word where these things are you say?
As you were saying in ignorance. All you had to do was Google "Sabbath journey"

A Sabbath Day's Journey

How Far was a "Sabbath Day's Journey?" - Bible History Online

Acts 1:12: "Then they returned to Jerusalem from the Mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a Sabbath day's journey."

"which is ... a Sabbath day's journey"

How Far Was A Sabbath Day's Journey?

According to the Mosaic law every Israelite was forbidden to travel on the Sabbath day.

Exodus 16:29 "See, for the Lord hath given you the Sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day."

But there is also evidence that the Israelites were permitted to go a certain distance on that special day. For example they could visit the tabernacle and temple from any distance within the encampment or city.

Over the centuries the authorities within the rabbinical circles of Judaism found ways, from examining the miniscule details of the law, to increase the distance that an Israelite may travel on the Sabbath day. In ancient times they determined that one may travel on the Sabbath from within the city boundaries and this distance was fixed at 2,000 cubits. They based this on Joshua 3:4-5:

"And they commanded the people, saying, When you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it. Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about 2,000 cubits by measure; come not near it, thay ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore."

Then after some time the rabbis interpreted "place" to mean city so that it would be acceptable to travel 2,000 cubits outside his city limits on the Sabbath day. Then again later the Pharisees doubled the distance that one might travel by yet another minute detail. They inserted a rule that if one placed food preparations at another location, then that place figuratively became his abode and he may travel to there up to 2,000 cubits and then another 2,000 cubits which made the whole journey 4,000 cubits, or about 6,000 feet or a little over a mile. A cubit was around 18 inches (from forefinger to elbow), although the measurement differed during different periods of Hebrew history.

In New Testament times and soon after, the Pharisees found another legal fiction and stretched the distance for traveling on the Sabbath a little farther. They theorized that if a person was to travel 4,000 cubits on the Sabbath day, then he would also need to return and thus they allowed 8,000 cubits as the standard.

There are some mentions in the New Testament alluding to the Sabbath day's journey such as in:

Matthew 24:20: "But pray that your flight may not be in the winter, nor on the Sabbath day"

Acts 1:12: "Then they returned to Jerusalem from the Mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a Sabbath day's journey."

Jesus continually taught that the Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath, and thus the authorities in Judaism were reproved by Jesus for misunderstanding the heart of the law and laying a heavy burden upon the people. He spoke with the authority of heaven when He said "The Son of man (apocalyptic redeemer of Daniel 7) is Lord of the Sabbath.
 

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Are you sure you are understanding that right?

Lets take a look;

Exodus

16:22, "And it came to be, on the sixth day, that they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one. And all the rulers of the congregation came and told Mosheh."

16:25-31, "And Mosheh said, “Eat it today, for today is a Sabbath to יהוה, today you do not find it in the field Gather it six days, but on the seventh day, which is the Sabbath, there is none. And it came to be that some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather, but they found none. And יהוה said to Mosheh, “How long shall you refuse to guard My commands and My Torah See, because יהוה has given you the Sabbath, therefore He is giving you bread for two days on the sixth day. Let each one stay in his place, do not let anyone go out of his place on the seventh day So the people rested on the seventh day. And the house of Yisra’ĕl called its name Manna. And it was like white coriander seed, and the taste of it was like thin cakes made with honey."

Ohh you completely missed the context and used it to make up a law that is not a part of YHWH 's Law...

They were given enough bread for the 6th day and the 7th on the 6th day and told not to go out and gather bread on the 7th day....

Not at all about what you ere claiming. We need to take an honest look at the Word not use anything we can to criticize or twist.
i read it differently

i believe they were given twice as much bread on the sixth day

because they weren't to leave their place on the seventh
This I agree with. However this is not a Law unto all Sabbath keepers. Literal bread has not fallen from heaven and we are only told to gather 6 days because the 6th day will have ywicw as much bread....

As you were saying in ignorance. All you had to do was Google "Sabbath journey"

A Sabbath Day's Journey

How Far was a "Sabbath Day's Journey?" - Bible History Online

Acts 1:12: "Then they returned to Jerusalem from the Mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a Sabbath day's journey."

"which is ... a Sabbath day's journey"

How Far Was A Sabbath Day's Journey?

According to the Mosaic law every Israelite was forbidden to travel on the Sabbath day.

Exodus 16:29 "See, for the Lord hath given you the Sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day."

But there is also evidence that the Israelites were permitted to go a certain distance on that special day. For example they could visit the tabernacle and temple from any distance within the encampment or city.

Over the centuries the authorities within the rabbinical circles of Judaism found ways, from examining the miniscule details of the law, to increase the distance that an Israelite may travel on the Sabbath day. In ancient times they determined that one may travel on the Sabbath from within the city boundaries and this distance was fixed at 2,000 cubits. They based this on Joshua 3:4-5:

"And they commanded the people, saying, When you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it. Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about 2,000 cubits by measure; come not near it, thay ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore."

Then after some time the rabbis interpreted "place" to mean city so that it would be acceptable to travel 2,000 cubits outside his city limits on the Sabbath day. Then again later the Pharisees doubled the distance that one might travel by yet another minute detail. They inserted a rule that if one placed food preparations at another location, then that place figuratively became his abode and he may travel to there up to 2,000 cubits and then another 2,000 cubits which made the whole journey 4,000 cubits, or about 6,000 feet or a little over a mile. A cubit was around 18 inches (from forefinger to elbow), although the measurement differed during different periods of Hebrew history.

In New Testament times and soon after, the Pharisees found another legal fiction and stretched the distance for traveling on the Sabbath a little farther. They theorized that if a person was to travel 4,000 cubits on the Sabbath day, then he would also need to return and thus they allowed 8,000 cubits as the standard.

There are some mentions in the New Testament alluding to the Sabbath day's journey such as in:

Matthew 24:20: "But pray that your flight may not be in the winter, nor on the Sabbath day"

Acts 1:12: "Then they returned to Jerusalem from the Mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a Sabbath day's journey."

Jesus continually taught that the Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath, and thus the authorities in Judaism were reproved by Jesus for misunderstanding the heart of the law and laying a heavy burden upon the people. He spoke with the authority of heaven when He said "The Son of man (apocalyptic redeemer of Daniel 7) is Lord of the Sabbath.
Yes I know about tha verse is Acts, and no I am not in ignorance. You see youcan search the Scriptures front to back you will never find a place restricting travel on the Sabbath (other than what you quoted and you are misundersanding it, that was a specific day. Gathering bread 6 days....) Truth is the pharisees took examples like this and the carrying of the ark and made up their own laws, and you quote them then say I am in ignorance... No I don't folollow the takanot and ma'assim of the pharisees. I seek to obey YHWH, I am not perfect, but I know His standard is right.
 

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This I agree with. However this is not a Law unto all Sabbath keepers. Literal bread has not fallen from heaven and we are only told to gather 6 days because the 6th day will have ywicw as much bread....



Yes I know about tha verse is Acts, and no I am not in ignorance. You see youcan search the Scriptures front to back you will never find a place restricting travel on the Sabbath (other than what you quoted and you are misundersanding it, that was a specific day. Gathering bread 6 days....) Truth is the pharisees took examples like this and the carrying of the ark and made up their own laws, and you quote them then say I am in ignorance... No I don't folollow the takanot and ma'assim of the pharisees. I seek to obey YHWH, I am not perfect, but I know His standard is right.
"However this is not a Law unto all Sabbath keepers."

i think that's where we see it differently
i think it is for all Sabbath keepers

now, if the spirit reveals something different to you
or leads you to leave your place on the Sabbath, then do that, of course
 

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Exodus 16: 29. Behold, because Yahweh has given you the Sabbath, therefore he gives you on the sixth day the bread of two days. Everyone stay in his place. Let no one go out of his place on the seventh day."

so, it's whatever "his place" is in the above passage

but follow the voice of Jesus and you don't have to worry
Yes, follow the Word which became Flesh and we are in our place.
 

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Yes, follow the Word which became Flesh and we are in our place.
seated in the heavenly places!

Ephesians 2: 6. and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus
 

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"However this is not a Law unto all Sabbath keepers."

i think that's where we see it differently
i think it is for all Sabbath keepers

now, if the spirit reveals something different to you
or leads you to leave your place on the Sabbath, then do that, of course
Exodus16:4 And יהוה said to Mosheh, “See, I am raining bread from the heavens for you. And the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, in order to try them, whether they walk in My Torah or not."

Exod 16:25-26, "25 And Mosheh said, “Eat it today, for today is a Sabbath to יהוה, today you do not find it in the field.26 “Gather it six days, but on the seventh day, which is the Sabbath, there is none.”

Well I think we need to righty divide Scripture... They were being tried in the wilderness, bread coming down from heaven... told not to gather on the 7th day...
 

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Exodus16:4 And יהוה said to Mosheh, “See, I am raining bread from the heavens for you. And the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, in order to try them, whether they walk in My Torah or not."

Exod 16:25-26, "25 And Mosheh said, “Eat it today, for today is a Sabbath to יהוה, today you do not find it in the field.26 “Gather it six days, but on the seventh day, which is the Sabbath, there is none.”

Well I think we need to righty divide Scripture... They were being tried in the wilderness, bread coming down from heaven... told not to gather on the 7th day...
if I'm understanding what you're saying

the rule to not leave your place on the Sabbath was given to Israelites who received twice as much bread the day before. Therefore it doesn't apply to us today.

using the same approach, i think we could pick another rule and say it was given to Israelites who were camping in the wilderness. Therefore it doesn't apply to us today.
 

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if I'm understanding what you're saying

the rule to not leave your place on the Sabbath was given to Israelites who received twice as much bread the day before. Therefore it doesn't apply to us today.

using the same approach, i think we could pick another rule and say it was given to Israelites who were camping in the wilderness. Therefore it doesn't apply to us today.
I suspected that was coming. This is why we need to righty divide the word.

Should we journey to Ninevah and preach repentace there? Should we build an arc? Should we seek to properly understand the word.

Also the Sabbath Command was given to Gentile and Herbrew alike:

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Isayah 56:1-7, "This is what YHWH says: Keep the judgments, and do justly; for My salvation is near, soon, to come, and My righteousness to be revealed. Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who lays hold on it; who keeps the Sabbaths without polluting; defiling, them; and keeps his hand from doing any evil. Do not let the son of the Gentile, who has joined himself to YHWH, speak, saying; YHWH has utterly separated me from His people. Nor let the eunuch say; Behold, I am a dry tree. For this is what YHWH says: To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths, and choose those things which please Me, and hold fast to My covenant: I will give to them, in My House, even within My walls, a place and a Name equal to that of sons and of daughters; I will give them the Name of The Everlasting: YHWH; which will not be cut off. Also the sons of the Gentile who join themselves to YHWH, to serve Him, and to love the Name of YHWH, to be His servants--everyone who keeps the Sabbaths without polluting; defiling, them and who holds fast to My covenant--I will bring them to My holy mountain, and make them joyful in My House of prayer..."

If we look at the context of Hebrews 4 we see those tried in the wilderness were an example, they went through a specific trial, some disobeyed and went out the 7th day to gather. Some did as YHWH said on the 7th day. Are we seeking to find "loopholes" or are we seeking to follow YHWH in truth?

The Commands/Law of YHWH is repeated starting at Exodus 20, as in Egypt the children of Abraham had forgotten everything YHWH told them, even His name. If there were restrictions they would have been given as a Command/Law, not just an example of a specific trial. We can and should learn from this specifc trial as Hebrews 4 says however.
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This I agree with. However this is not a Law unto all Sabbath keepers. Literal bread has not fallen from heaven and we are only told to gather 6 days because the 6th day will have ywicw as much bread....



Yes I know about tha verse is Acts, and no I am not in ignorance. You see youcan search the Scriptures front to back you will never find a place restricting travel on the Sabbath (other than what you quoted and you are misundersanding it, that was a specific day. Gathering bread 6 days....) Truth is the pharisees took examples like this and the carrying of the ark and made up their own laws, and you quote them then say I am in ignorance... No I don't folollow the takanot and ma'assim of the pharisees. I seek to obey YHWH, I am not perfect, but I know His standard is right.
I take it you choose to ignore what the Bible states about a Sabbath days journey and the fact that the law proscribed taking a journey on the Sabbath. Allowance was made to go to the temple. The Pharisees tried to create a rule about the length and kept modifying it with added information. Their fiddling with the length doesn't change the law about taking a journey on the Sabbath. Local to temple only allowed. (a Sabbath Day's Journey) Food preparation and layout done on Friday before sunset.
 

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I take it you choose to ignore what the Bible states about a Sabbath days journey and the fact that the law proscribed taking a journey on the Sabbath. Allowance was made to go to the temple. The Pharisees tried to create a rule about the length and kept modifying it with added information. Their fiddling with the length doesn't change the law about taking a journey on the Sabbath. Local to temple only allowed. (a Sabbath Day's Journey) Food preparation and layout done on Friday before sunset.
So can you quote where the length of a "Sabbath day's jourey" is?

No you can not, you know how I know that? Because there is no such thing in the word, nowere does it tell a certian distance that one can travel on the Sabbath.

It is something the pharisees made up, they even made "loopholes" on how to extend the distance 200%. As you seem to know, im surprised you do not also know the verses they twisted to come up with this...

I study diligently and know the word vvery well, and with that said I am still learning.

So I ask you to show me in Scripture where the length of a Sabbath days journey is?

Some notes from extra Biblical resources:

Is a “Sabbath Day’s Journey” Biblical?​



International Standard Bible Encyclopedia


Sabbath Day’s Journey - jur'-ni (sabbatou hodos): Used only in Ac 1:12, where it designates the distance from Jerusalem to the Mount of Olives, to which Jesus led His disciples on the day of His ascension. The expression comes from rabbinical usage to indicate the distance a Jew might travel on the Sabbath without transgressing the Law, the command against working on that day being interpreted as including travel (see Ex 16:27-30). The limit set by the rabbis to the Sabbath day's journey was 2,000 cubits from one's house or domicile, which was derived from the statement found in Jos 3:4 that this was the distance between the ark and the people on their march, this being assumed to be the distance between the tents of the people and the tabernacle during the sojourn in the wilderness. Hence, it must have been allowable to travel thus far to attend the worship of the tabernacle. We do not know when this assumption in regard to the Sabbath day's journey was made, but it seems to have been in force in the time of Christ. The distance of the Mount of Olives from Jerusalem is stated in Josephus (Ant., XX, viii, 6) to have been five stadia or furlongs and in BJ, V, ii, 3, six stadia, the discrepancy being explained by supposing a different point of departure. This would make the distance of the Sabbath day's journey from 1,000 to 1,200 yards, the first agreeing very closely with the 2,000 cubits. The rabbis, however, invented a way of increasing this distance without technically infringing the Law, by depositing some food at the 2,000-cubit limit, before the Sabbath, and declaring that spot a temporary domicile. They might then proceed 2,000 cubits from this point without transgressing the Law.

And in some cases even this intricacy of preparation was unnecessary. If, for instance, the approach of the Sabbath found one on his journey, the traveler might select some tree or some stone wall at a distance of 2,000 paces and mentally declare this to be his residence for the Sabbath, in which case he was permitted to go the 2,000 paces to the selected tree or wall and also 2,000 paces beyond, but in such a case he must do the work thoroughly and must say: "Let my Sabbath residence be at the trunk of that tree," for if he merely said: "Let my Sabbath residence be under that tree," this would not be sufficient, because the, expression would be too general and indefinite (Tractate `Erubhin 4:7).

Other schemes for extending the distance have been devised, such as regarding the quarter of the town in which one dwells, or the whole town itself, as the domicile, thus allowing one to proceed from any part of the town to a point 2,000 cubits beyond its utmost limits. This was most probably the case with walled towns, at least, and boundary stones have been found in the vicinity of Gaza with inscriptions supposed to mark these limits. The 2,000-cubit limits around the Levitical cities (Nu 35:5) may have suggested the limit of the Sabbath day's journey also. The term came to be used as a designation of distance which must have been more or less definite.

H. Porter




The exact value of a "Sabbath day's walk" is 2,000 cubits, which works out to about 5/8 of a mile, or one kilometer. Commentator Craig S. Keener explains the logic and biblical basis:


The figures were natural extrapolations from Exod 16:29 (one must not leave one's place on the Sabbath) and Num 35:5 (identifying one's place as 2,000 cubits square) [Acts, v1, p735]


Numbers 35:5 in particular reads:


And you shall measure, outside the city, on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits, the city being in the middle. This shall belong to them as pastureland for their cities. [ESV]


Keener confirms that the 2,000 cubit figure matches what we know of the geography of Jerusalem. He also argues that Luke knew this was the value used by the Pharisees, as recorded in later rabbinic tradition, such as the Mishnah:


On that day, Rabbi Akiva expounded [the verse], (Numbers 35:5) "You shall measure outside the city on the eastern outskirts, two thousand cubits..." (Numbers 35:5) [...] , and another verse says (Numbers 35:4) "... from the wall of the city and outward, 1000 cubits around." [...] One-thousand cubits is for the open land, and two thousand cubits is the Sabbath border [the distance one can travel from the city on Sabbath]." (Mishnah Sotah, 5:3)


Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible - Sabbath Day’s Journey.
Regulation derived from Jewish literature limiting travel on the sabbath. The prohibition against work on the sabbath was interpreted to exclude inordinate travel (Ex 16:27–30): “Everyone is to stay where he is on the seventh day; no one is to go out” (v 29). One was permitted no more than 2000 cubits (1000–1200 yds). This was determined by the distance between the ark and the people following it (Jos 3:4) or from the pasture lands to the Levitical cities (Nm 35:4, 5). Thus, in the former instance, one would not go further to worship or in the latter to pasture an animal. The only biblical reference describes the distance from the Mt of Olives to Jerusalem as “a Sabbath day’s walk” (Acts 1:12).
The rabbis invented ways to at least double the distance. One could establish his home 2000 cubits away by carrying food sufficient for two meals: one to be eaten and the other to be buried—thereby to mark a temporary domicile. He might alternately fix his gaze upon a location 2000 cubits away as his legal home for the sabbath. He could, separately or in conjunction with a preceding modification, view the entire town as his home and so figure the sabbath day’s journey from the village limits.

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