Genesis 2:3

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³Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy,^(A) because on it he rested^(B) from all the work of creating^(C) that he had done.

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Exodus 20:8-11

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⁸“Remember the Sabbath^(A) day by keeping it holy. ⁹Six days you shall labor and do all your work,^(B) ¹⁰but the seventh day is a sabbath^(C) to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns. ¹¹For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth,^(D) the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested^(E) on the seventh day.^(F) Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

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Exodus 23:12

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¹²“Six days do your work,^(A) but on the seventh day do not work, so that your ox and your donkey may rest, and so that the slave born in your household and the foreigner living among you may be refreshed.^(B)

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Exodus 31:15

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¹⁵For six days work^(A) is to be done, but the seventh day is a day of sabbath rest,^(B) holy to the Lord. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day is to be put to death.

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Exodus 35:2

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²For six days, work is to be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a day of sabbath^(A) rest to the Lord. Whoever does any work on it is to be put to death.^(B)

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Leviticus 23:3

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The Sabbath

³“‘There are six days when you may work,^(A) but the seventh day is a day of sabbath rest,^(B) a day of sacred assembly. You are not to do any work;^(C) wherever you live, it is a sabbath to the Lord.

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Nehemiah 9:13-14

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¹³“You came down on Mount Sinai;^(A) you spoke^(B) to them from heaven.^(C) You gave them regulations and laws that are just^(D) and right, and decrees and commands that are good.^(E) ¹⁴You made known to them your holy Sabbath^(F) and gave them commands, decrees and laws through your servant Moses.