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The Weekly Sabbath

“‘Six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there must be a Sabbath of complete rest,[a] a holy assembly. You must not do any work; it is a Sabbath to the Lord in all the places where you live.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 23:3 tn This is a superlative expression, emphasizing the full and all inclusive rest of the Sabbath and certain festival times throughout the chapter (see B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 155). Cf. ASV “a sabbath of solemn rest.”

“Work may be done for six days, but on the seventh day there is to be a Sabbath of complete rest,(A) a sacred assembly. You are not to do any work; it is a Sabbath(B) to the Lord wherever you live.

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