The Sabbath
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And the Lord said to Moses,
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"You are to speak to the people of Israel and say, 'Above all you shall keep my Sabbaths, for this is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I, the Lord, sanctify you.
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You shall keep the Sabbath, because it is holy for you. Everyone who profanes it shall be put to death. n Whoever does any work on it, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
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o Six days shall work be done, but p the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the Lord. n Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall be put to death.
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Therefore the people of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, observing the Sabbath throughout their generations, as a covenant forever.
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q It is a sign forever between me and the people of Israel that r in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and s on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.'"
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And he gave to Moses, when he had finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, the t two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written with u the finger of God.
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Cross References
Exodus 35:2
Six days work shall be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the Lord. Whoever does any work on it shall be put to death.
Jeremiah 17:27
But if you do not listen to me, to keep the Sabbath day holy, and not to bear a burden and enter by the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle a fire in its gates, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem and shall not be quenched.'
Numbers 15:32 - 36
While the people of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks on the Sabbath day.
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Cross References
Exodus 20:9
Six days you shall labor, and do all your work.
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Exodus 16:23
He said to them, "This is what the Lord has commanded: 'Tomorrow is a day of solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to the Lord ; bake what you will bake and boil what you will boil, and all that is left over lay aside to be kept till the morning.'
Exodus 20:10
But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates.
Genesis 2:2
And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done.
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Exodus 31:14
You shall keep the Sabbath, because it is holy for you. Everyone who profanes it shall be put to death. Whoever does any work on it, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
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Exodus 31:13
You are to speak to the people of Israel and say, 'Above all you shall keep my Sabbaths, for this is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I, the Lord, sanctify you.
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Genesis 1:31
And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
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Genesis 2:2
And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done.
Hebrews 4:4
For he has somewhere spoken of the seventh day in this way: "And God rested on the seventh day from all his works.
Hebrews 4:10
For whoever has entered God's rest has also rested from his works as God did from his.
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Cross References
Exodus 24:12
The Lord said to Moses, "Come up to me on the m...
Exodus 32:15 - 16
Then Moses turned and went down from the mounta...
Deuteronomy 4:13
And he declared to you his covenant, which he c...
Deuteronomy 5:22
These words the Lord spoke to all your assembly...
Deuteronomy 9:10 - 11
And the Lord gave me the two tablets of stone w...
2 Corinthians 3:3
And you show that you are a letter from Christ ...
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Cross References
Exodus 8:19
Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, "This is the finger of God." But Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, as the Lord had said.
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