624. It is clear that a state which is not a state of the Church is the subject here from the fact that in this verse and those that follow in chapter the name God is used, whereas in previous verses it was Jehovah. When the Church does not exist the name God is used, but when it does exist, it is Jehovah; for example in Genesis 1, when the Church did not exist, He was called God, but in the next chapter when it did, He was called Jehovah God. 'Jehovah' is the holiest of names, and belongs to the Church alone. Not so 'God', for no nation was without gods. Consequently the same holiness was not attached to the name God. Nobody was allowed to utter the name Jehovah except him who had knowledge of the true faith; but anyone was allowed to utter the name God.

8059. 'And on the seventh day there shall be a feast to Jehovah' means holy worship of the Lord. This is clear from the meaning of 'the seventh day' as a holy state, state being meant by 'day', see 23, 487, 488, 493, 893, 2788, 3462, 3785, 4850, 5672, 5962, and what is holy by 'seven', 395, 433, 716, 881, 5265, 5268; and from the meaning of 'a feast to Jehovah' as worship of the Lord, worship with gladness of mind being meant by 'a feast', see 7093, and the Lord by 'Jehovah', 8046.