Commentary for Shabbat 174:1

לחנייתן רב אחא בר יעקב אמר למסען וקמיפלגי בשבת דמרה דכתיב (דברים ה, יא) כאשר צוך ה' אלהיך ואמר רב יהודה אמר רב כאשר צוך במרה מר סבר אשבת איפקוד אתחומין לא איפקוד ומר סבר אתחומין נמי איפקוד

[In respect] of their encamping.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The Baraitha states that the sixth day from when they pitched their tents, which was on New Moon, was also the sixth of the month and the sixth day of the week. ');">¹</span> R. Aha b. Jacob said: [In respect] of their journeying.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' From Rephidim (v. Ex. XIX, 2). He holds that they left Rephidim and came to the wilderness of Sinai on the same day. ');">²</span> Now, they disagree about [the precept of] the Sabbath [as communicated to them at at Marah, for it is written, [Observe the Sabbath day …] as the Lord my God commanded thee,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. V, 12. This occurs in the second Decalogue, which is a repetition of the first Decalogue. Hence these words, 'as … commanded thee', must have been spoken on the first occasion at Sinai too, and they imply that the Israelites had already been commanded to keep the Sabbath. ');">³</span> whereon Rab Judah commented in Rab's name: As he commanded thee at Marah.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Ex. XV, 25. ');">⁴</span>

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