The Sign of the Sabbath

¹² Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ¹³ “Now as for you, speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘^(A)You must keep My Sabbaths; for this is ^(B)a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, so that you may know that I am the Lord who sanctifies you. ¹⁴ Therefore you are to keep the Sabbath, for it is holy to you. ^(C)Everyone who profanes it must be put to death; for whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people. ^15 (D)For six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there is a ^(E)Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the Lord; ^(F)whoever does any work on the Sabbath day must be put to death. ¹⁶ So the sons of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to ^[a]celebrate the Sabbath throughout their generations as a permanent covenant.’ ^17 (G)It is a sign between Me and the sons of Israel forever; ^(H)for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, but on the seventh day He ceased from labor, and was refreshed.”

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)For six days work may be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a holy day, ^(B)a Sabbath of complete rest to the Lord; ^(C)whoever does any work on it shall be put to death. ^3 (D)You shall not kindle a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath day.”

²⁷ ‘Also, if one person sins ^(A)unintentionally, then he shall offer a one-year-old female goat as a sin offering. ²⁸ And ^(B)the priest shall make atonement before the Lord for the person who goes astray by an unintentional sin, making atonement for him ^[a]so that he may be forgiven. ²⁹ You shall have one law for the native among the sons of Israel and for the stranger who resides among them, for one who does anything wrong unintentionally. ³⁰ But the person who does wrong ^[b](C)defiantly, whether he is a native or a stranger, that one is blaspheming the Lord; and that person shall be cut off from among his people. ³¹ Since he has ^(D)despised the word of the Lord and has broken His commandment, that person shall be completely cut off; ^(E)his ^[c]guilt will be on him.’”

Sabbath-breaking Punished

³² Now while the sons of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man ^(F)gathering wood on the Sabbath day. ³³ And those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses and Aaron, and to all the congregation; ³⁴ and they placed him in custody, ^(G)because it had not been decided what should be done to him. ³⁵ Then the Lord said to Moses, “The man must be put to death; ^(H)all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp.” ³⁶ So all the congregation brought him outside the camp and stoned him ^[d]to death with stones, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

³⁷ The Lord also spoke to Moses, saying, ³⁸ “Speak to the sons of Israel and tell them that they shall make for themselves ^(I)tassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and that they shall put on the tassel of each corner a ^[e]violet thread. ³⁹ It shall be a tassel for you ^[f]to look at and ^(J)remember all the commandments of the Lord, so that you will do them and not ^[g]follow your own heart and your own eyes, ^[h]which led you to prostitute yourselves, ⁴⁰ so that you will remember and do all My commandments and ^(K)be holy to your God. ⁴¹ I am the Lord your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt to be your God; I am the Lord your God.”