. The absence in Genesis 2:2–3 of any explicit command to observe the seventh day is also interpreted as added indication that the Sabbath is not a creation ordinance, a moral law binding on all mankind, but a temporary institution which Moses introduced for Israel alone and justified by grounding it on the creation week.77 This argument makes Moses guilty of distortion of truth or, at least, a victim of gross misunderstanding. He would have traced back the Sabbath to creation