^15 (A)Six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there is a ^(B)sabbath of complete rest, holy to Yahweh; ^(C)whoever does any work on the sabbath day shall surely be put to death.

²¹ “You shall work ^(A)six days, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even during plowing time and harvest you shall rest.

² “^(A)Six days work may be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a holy day, ^(B)a sabbath of complete rest to Yahweh; ^(C)whoever does any work on it shall be put to death. ^3 (D)You shall not kindle a fire in any of your places of habitation on the sabbath day.”

The Sabbath

³ ‘^(A)For six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there is a sabbath of complete rest, a holy convocation. You shall not do any work; it is a sabbath to Yahweh in all your places of habitation.

²² “These words Yahweh spoke to all your assembly at the mountain from the midst of the fire, of the cloud and of the dense gloom, with a great voice, and He added no more. ^(J)He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me. ²³ Now it happened that when you heard the voice from the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, you came near to me, all the heads of your tribes and your elders. ²⁴ And you said, ‘Behold, Yahweh our God has shown us His glory and His greatness, and we have heard His voice from the midst of the fire; we have seen today that God speaks with man, yet he lives. ^25 (K)So now then why should we die? For this great fire will consume us; if we hear the voice of Yahweh our God any longer, then we will die. ²⁶ For ^(L)who is there of all flesh who has heard the voice of the living God speaking from the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived? ²⁷ As for you, go near and hear all that Yahweh our God says; then speak to us all that Yahweh our God speaks to you, and we will hear and do it.’

²⁸ “And Yahweh heard the voice of your words when you spoke to me, ^(M)and Yahweh said to me, ‘I have heard the voice of the words of this people which they have spoken to you. They have done well in all that they have spoken. ^29 (N)Oh that they had such a heart in them, that they would fear Me and ^(O)keep all My commandments all the days, that ^(P)it may be well with them and with their sons forever! ³⁰ Go, say to them, “Return to your tents.” ^31 (Q)But as for you, stand here by Me, that I may speak to you all the commandments and the statutes and the judgments which you shall teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess.’ ³² So you shall be careful to do just as Yahweh your God has commanded you; ^(R)you shall not turn aside to the right or to the left. ^33 (S)In all the way which Yahweh your God has commanded you, you shall walk, ^(T)that you may live and that it may be well with you and that you may prolong your days in the land which you will possess.