my sanctuary” (Lev 19:30). The Lord’s primary concern, then, is for the spiritual welfare of his people. They were diligently to observe the rest day as he commanded them. The observance would involve worship and rest from their physical labors. But even the latter regulation had spiritual overtones, as we shall see in the following verses: vv. 13, 14—“Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither