Genesis 2:3
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3 So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation.
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Ezekiel 20:12
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12 Moreover, I gave them (A)my Sabbaths, as a sign between me and them, (B)that they might know that I am the Lord who sanctifies them.
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Leviticus 23:3
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The Sabbath
3 (A)“Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work. It is a Sabbath to the Lord in all your dwelling places.
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Mark 2:27
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27 And he said to them, (A)“The Sabbath was made for man, (B)not man for the Sabbath.
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Luke 23:56
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56 Then they returned and (A)prepared spices and ointments.
On the Sabbath they rested (B)according to the commandment.
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Exodus 31:13-17
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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. 14 You shall keep the Sabbath, because it is holy for you. Everyone who profanes it shall be put to death. (A)Whoever does any work on it, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. 15 (B)Six days shall work be done, but (C)the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the Lord. (D)Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall be put to death. 16 Therefore the people of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, observing the Sabbath throughout their generations, as a covenant forever. 17 (E)It is a sign forever between me and the people of Israel that (F)in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and (G)on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.’”
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Jeremiah 17:21-27
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21 Thus says the Lord: Take care for the sake of your lives, and (A)do not bear a burden on the Sabbath day or bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem. 22 And do not carry a burden out of your houses on the Sabbath (B)or do any work, but (C)keep the Sabbath day holy, as I commanded your fathers. 23 Yet (D)they did not listen or incline their ear, (E)but stiffened their neck, that they (F)might not hear and receive instruction.
24 “‘But if you listen to me, declares the Lord, and (G)bring in no burden by the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, but (H)keep the Sabbath day holy and do no work on it, 25 then (I)there shall enter by the gates of this city kings and princes who sit on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they and their officials, the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And this city shall be inhabited forever. 26 And people shall come from (J)the cities of Judah (K)and the places around Jerusalem, (L)from the land of Benjamin, (M)from the Shephelah, from the hill country, (N)and from (O)the Negeb, bringing (P)burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and frankincense, and (Q)bringing thank offerings to the house of the Lord. 27 But if you do not listen to me, to (R)keep the Sabbath day holy, (S)and not to bear a burden and enter by the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will (T)kindle a fire in its gates, and it shall (U)devour the palaces of Jerusalem and (V)shall not be quenched.’”
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Isaiah 58:13-14
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13 (A)“If you turn back your foot from the Sabbath,
from doing your pleasure[a] on my holy day,
and call the Sabbath a delight
and the holy day of the Lord honorable;
if you honor it, not going your own ways,
or seeking (B)your own pleasure,[b] or talking idly;[c]
14 then you shall take delight in the Lord,
(C)and I will make you ride on the heights of the earth;[d]
(D)I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father,
(E)for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
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- Isaiah 58:13 Or business
- Isaiah 58:13 Or pursuing your own business
- Isaiah 58:13 Hebrew or speaking a word
- Isaiah 58:14 Or of the land
Exodus 35:2-3
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2 (A)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. 3 (B)You shall kindle no fire in all your dwelling places on the Sabbath day.”
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Exodus 34:21
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21 (A)“Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest. In plowing time and in harvest you shall rest.
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Exodus 20:8-11
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8 (A)“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 (B)Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, 10 but the (C)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 (D)sojourner who is within your gates. 11 For (E)in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
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Hebrews 4:4-10
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4 For he has somewhere spoken of the seventh day in this way: (A)“And God rested on the seventh day from all his works.” 5 And again in this passage he said,
(B)“They shall not enter my rest.”
6 Since therefore it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly received the good news (C)failed to enter because of disobedience, 7 again he appoints a certain day, “Today,” saying through David so long afterward, in the words already quoted,
(D)“Today, if you hear his voice,
do not harden your hearts.”
8 For if Joshua had given them rest, God[a] would not have spoken of another day later on. 9 So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, 10 for whoever has entered God's rest has also (E)rested from his works as God did from his.
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- Hebrews 4:8 Greek he
Proverbs 10:22
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- Proverbs 10:22 Or and toil adds nothing to it
Nehemiah 9:14
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14 (A)and you made known to them your holy Sabbath and commanded them commandments and statutes and a law by Moses your servant.
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Deuteronomy 5:12-14
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12 “‘Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as the Lord your God commanded you. 13 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 14 but (A)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 or your male servant or your female servant, or your ox or your donkey or any of your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates, (B)that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you.
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Leviticus 25:2-3
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2 “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you come into (A)the land that I give you, the land shall keep a Sabbath to the Lord. 3 For six years you shall sow your field, and for six years you shall prune your vineyard and gather in its fruits,
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Exodus 23:12
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12 (A)“Six days you shall do your work, but on the seventh day you shall rest; that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your servant woman, and the alien, may be refreshed.
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Isaiah 56:2-7
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2 Blessed is the man who does this,
and the son of man who holds it fast,
(A)who keeps the Sabbath, not profaning it,
and keeps his hand from doing any evil.”
3 Let not (B)the foreigner who has joined himself to the Lord say,
“The Lord will surely separate me from his people”;
and let not the eunuch say,
“Behold, I am (C)a dry tree.”
4 For thus says the Lord:
“To the eunuchs (D)who keep my Sabbaths,
who choose the things that please me
and hold fast my covenant,
5 (E)I will give in my house and within my walls
a (F)monument and a name
better than sons and daughters;
(G)I will give them an everlasting name
that shall not be cut off.
6 “And (H)the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord,
to minister to him, to love the name of the Lord,
and to be his servants,
everyone (I)who keeps the Sabbath and does not profane it,
and holds fast my covenant—
7 (J)these I will bring to (K)my holy mountain,
and make them joyful in my house of prayer;
(L)their burnt offerings and their sacrifices
will be accepted on my altar;
for (M)my house shall be called a house of prayer
for all peoples.”
Exodus 16:22-30
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22 On (A)the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers each. And when all the leaders of the congregation came and told Moses, 23 he said to them, “This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Tomorrow is a day of (B)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.’” 24 So they laid it aside till the morning, as Moses commanded them, and (C)it did not stink, and there were no worms in it. 25 Moses said, “Eat it today, for (D)today is a Sabbath to the Lord; today you will not find it in the field. 26 Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, which is a Sabbath, there will be none.”
27 On the seventh day some of the people went out to gather, but they found none. 28 And the Lord said to Moses, (E)“How long will you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws? 29 See! The Lord has given you the Sabbath; therefore on the sixth day he gives you bread for two days. Remain each of you in his place; let no one go out of his place on the seventh day.” 30 So the people (F)rested on the seventh day.
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Nehemiah 13:15-22
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15 In those days I saw in Judah people treading winepresses (A)on the Sabbath, and bringing in heaps of grain and loading them on donkeys, and also wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of loads, (B)which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. And (C)I warned them on the day when they sold food. 16 Tyrians also, who lived in the city, brought in fish and all kinds of goods and sold them on the Sabbath to the people of Judah, in Jerusalem itself! 17 (D)Then I confronted the nobles of Judah and said to them, “What is this evil thing that you are doing, (E)profaning the Sabbath day? 18 (F)Did not your fathers act in this way, and did not our God bring all this disaster[a] on us and on this city? Now you are bringing more wrath on Israel by profaning the Sabbath.”
19 As soon as it (G)began to grow dark at the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath, I commanded that the doors should be shut and gave orders that they should not be opened until after the Sabbath. And I stationed some of my servants at the gates, that no load might be brought in on the Sabbath day. 20 Then the merchants and sellers of all kinds of wares lodged outside Jerusalem once or twice. 21 (H)But I warned them and said to them, “Why do you lodge outside the wall? If you do so again, I will lay hands on you.” From that time on they did not come on the Sabbath. 22 Then I commanded the Levites (I)that they should purify themselves and come and guard the gates, to keep the Sabbath day holy. (J)Remember this also in my favor, O my God, and spare me according to the greatness of your steadfast love.
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- Nehemiah 13:18 The Hebrew word can mean evil, harm, or disaster, depending on the context
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