The same rigorous tendency which appears in the attitude of the sect in regard to marriage pervades the whole legal part of the work before us. The rules for the observance of the Sabbath (10 14-11 21) will make this clear. Concerning the Sabbath, to keep it as it is prescribed. 1. On the sixth day no man shall do any work from the time when the disk of the sun is distant from the western portal(38) by its diameter (?); for this is what he said: Observe the Sabbath day to hallow it. 2. On the Sabbath a man shall not engage in any foolish conversation; and he shall not exact repayment from his neighbor; nor shall he give judgment in matters of property; he shall not talk about matters of work and labor to be done on the next day. 3. A man shall not walk in the country to do the work of his business on the Sabbath. He shall not walk outside of his town above one thousand(39) cubits. 4. No man shall eat on the Sabbath anything except what was previously prepared or what is spoiling in the field. He shall not eat or drink anything but what was in the camp. If he be on the way and descend to bathe, he may drink as he stands, but must not draw water in any vessel.(40) 5. He must not send a foreigner to do his business on the Sabbath day. 6. A man must not put on soiled garments or such as are brought by a gentile, without washing them in water or rubbing them with frankincense.(41) 7. A man shall not exchange pledges(42) of his own accord on the Sabbath. 8. A man shall not follow his cattle, to pasture them outside his town, except within 2000 cubits. He shall not lift his arm to strike them with his fist; if the animal is breachy, let him not take her out of the house. 9. A man shall not take anything out of a house into the street, nor bring anything from the street into the house; and if he be in the entry, he shall not pass anything out of it or bring anything into it. 10. He shall not open on the Sabbath a vessel the cover of which has been luted on. 11. A man shall not carry on his person spices, going out or coming in on the Sabbath. 12. Within a house he shall not lift stone nor earth on the Sabbath day. 13. The nurse shall not carry an infant in arms, going out or coming in with it on the Sabbath. 14. A man shall not deal harshly with his slave or his maid or his hired servant on the Sabbath. 15. A man shall not deliver cattle of their young on the Sabbath day. 16. If a beast fall into a cistern or trap, a man shall not lift it out on the Sabbath. 17. A man shall not pass the Sabbath in a place near the gentiles. 18. A man shall not profane the Sabbath for the sake of gain. 19. If a human being fall into a tank of water or into a place of ... no man shall fetch him up by means of a ladder or a rope or any implement.