Isaiah 58:13
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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]
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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
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 56:2-6
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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—
Psalm 84:10
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10 For a day (A)in your courts is better
than a thousand elsewhere.
I would rather be (B)a doorkeeper in the house of my God
than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Psalm 84:2
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2 My soul (A)longs, yes, (B)faints
for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and flesh sing for joy
to (C)the living God.
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
Revelation 1:10
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10 (A)I was in the Spirit (B)on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice (C)like a trumpet
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Psalm 42:4
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4 These things I remember,
as I (A)pour out my soul:
(B)how I would go (C)with the throng
and lead them in procession to the house of God
with glad shouts and songs of praise,
(D)a multitude keeping festival.
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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Psalm 122:1
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Let Us Go to the House of the Lord
A Song of (A)Ascents. Of David.
122 I was glad when they said to me,
(B)“Let us go to the house of the Lord!”
Psalm 27:4
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4 (A)One thing have I asked of the Lord,
that will I seek after:
that I may (B)dwell in the house of the Lord
all the days of my life,
to gaze upon (C)the beauty of the Lord
and to inquire[a] in his temple.
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- Psalm 27:4 Or meditate
Deuteronomy 5:12-15
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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. 15 (C)You shall remember that you were a slave[a] in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God brought you out from there (D)with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore the Lord your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.
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- Deuteronomy 5:15 Or servant
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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Exodus 36:2-3
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2 And Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab and every craftsman in whose mind the Lord had put skill, everyone (A)whose heart stirred him up to come to do the work. 3 And they received from Moses all the (B)contribution that the people of Israel had brought for doing the work on the sanctuary. They still kept bringing him (C)freewill offerings every morning,
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