Instead of viewing the Sabbath requirement as a burden or restriction, they should have been glad to follow it. In fact, God later told them that the Sabbath was to serve as a reminder of their slavery in Egypt and of his deliverance of them. — Deuteronomy 5: 15.
असलियत में, परमेश्‍वर ने बाद में कहा कि सब्त उन्हें मिस्र में अपनी गुलामी की और उसके द्वारा उन्हें छुड़ाए जाने की याद दिलाएगा । — व्यवस्थाविवरण ५: १५. १०, ११.