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'I'm never free, but I make time'
Dispersed communities could keep a weekly Sabbath anywhere. For a people without land, time took on new importance.
Time transcends space.
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Israel first keeps the Sabbath in the wilderness, before it owns any land. Fixed at creation, the week could withstand kings' and empires' calendar reforms.
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 164–165
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