Exodus 31:13

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Say to the children of Israel that they are to keep my Sabbaths; for the Sabbath day is a sign between me and you through all your generations; so that you may see that I am the Lord who makes you holy.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ezek 20:12 : 12 And further, I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, so that it might be clear that I, who make them holy, am the Lord.
  • Ezek 20:20 : 20 And keep my Sabbaths holy; and they will be a sign between me and you so that it may be clear to you that I am the Lord your God.
  • Exod 31:17 : 17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever; because in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he took his rest and had pleasure in it.
  • Lev 19:3 : 3 Let every man give honour to his mother and to his father and keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
  • Lev 19:30 : 30 Keep my Sabbaths and have respect for my holy place: I am the Lord.
  • Lev 20:8 : 8 And keep my rules and do them: I am the Lord, who make you holy.
  • Lev 21:8 : 8 And he is to be holy in your eyes, for by him the bread of your God is offered; he is to be holy in your eyes, for I the Lord, who make you holy, am holy.
  • Lev 23:3 : 3 On six days work may be done; but the seventh day is a special day of rest, a time for worship; you may do no sort of work: it is a Sabbath to the Lord wherever you may be living.
  • Lev 25:2 : 2 Say to the children of Israel, When you come into the land which I will give you, let the land keep a Sabbath to the Lord.
  • Lev 26:2 : 2 Keep my Sabbaths and give honour to my holy place: I am the Lord.
  • Neh 9:14 : 14 And you gave them word of your holy Sabbath, and gave them orders and rules and a law, by the hand of Moses your servant:
  • Ezek 37:28 : 28 And the nations will be certain that I who make Israel holy am the Lord, when my holy place is among them for ever.
  • Ezek 44:24 : 24 In any cause, they are to be in the position of judges, judging in harmony with my decisions: they are to keep my laws and my rules in all my fixed feasts; and they are to keep my Sabbaths holy.
  • John 17:17 : 17 Make them holy by the true word: your word is the true word.
  • John 17:19 : 19 And for them I make myself holy, so that they may be made truly holy.
  • 1 Thess 5:23 : 23 And may the God of peace himself make you holy in every way; and may your spirit and soul and body be free from all sin at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Jude 1:1 : 1 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and the brother of James, to those of God's selection who have been made holy by God the Father and are kept safe for Jesus Christ:
  • Exod 20:8-9 : 8 Keep in memory the Sabbath and let it be a holy day. 9 On six days do all your work: 10 But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; on that day you are to do no work, you or your son or your daughter, your man-servant or your woman-servant, your cattle or the man from a strange country who is living among you: 11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and the sea, and everything in them, and he took his rest on the seventh day: for this reason the Lord has given his blessing to the seventh day and made it holy.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ezek 20:19-20
    2 verses
    86%

    19 I am the Lord your God; be guided by my rules and keep my orders and do them:

    20 And keep my Sabbaths holy; and they will be a sign between me and you so that it may be clear to you that I am the Lord your God.

  • Ezek 20:12
    84%

    12 And further, I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, so that it might be clear that I, who make them holy, am the Lord.

  • Exod 31:14-17
    4 verses
    83%

    14 So you are to keep the Sabbath as a holy day; and anyone not honouring it will certainly be put to death: whoever does any work on that day will be cut off from his people.

    15 Six days may work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the Lord; whoever does any work on the Sabbath day is to be put to death.

    16 And the children of Israel are to keep the Sabbath holy, from generation to generation, by an eternal agreement.

    17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever; because in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he took his rest and had pleasure in it.

  • Lev 19:30
    82%

    30 Keep my Sabbaths and have respect for my holy place: I am the Lord.

  • Lev 26:2
    82%

    2 Keep my Sabbaths and give honour to my holy place: I am the Lord.

  • Lev 20:7-8
    2 verses
    79%

    7 So make and keep yourselves holy, for I am the Lord your God.

    8 And keep my rules and do them: I am the Lord, who make you holy.

  • Deut 5:12
    77%

    12 Keep the Sabbath day as a holy day, as you have been ordered by the Lord your God.

  • Lev 22:31-33
    3 verses
    76%

    31 So then, keep my orders and do them: I am the Lord.

    32 And do not make my holy name common; so that it may be kept holy by the children of Israel: I am the Lord who make you holy,

    33 Who took you out of the land of Egypt that I might be your God: I am the Lord.

  • Exod 31:12
    76%

    12 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Lev 23:2-4
    3 verses
    75%

    2 Say to the children of Israel, These are the fixed feasts of the Lord, which you will keep for holy meetings: these are my feasts.

    3 On six days work may be done; but the seventh day is a special day of rest, a time for worship; you may do no sort of work: it is a Sabbath to the Lord wherever you may be living.

    4 These are the fixed feasts of the Lord, the holy days of worship which you will keep at their regular times.

  • Lev 19:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2 Say to all the people of Israel, You are to be holy, for I, the Lord your God, am holy.

    3 Let every man give honour to his mother and to his father and keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.

  • Exod 20:8
    74%

    8 Keep in memory the Sabbath and let it be a holy day.

  • Lev 22:9
    74%

    9 So then, let them keep what I have put into their care, for fear that sin may come on them because of it, so causing their death because they have made it common: I am the Lord, who make them holy.

  • Lev 25:2
    74%

    2 Say to the children of Israel, When you come into the land which I will give you, let the land keep a Sabbath to the Lord.

  • Lev 21:8
    73%

    8 And he is to be holy in your eyes, for by him the bread of your God is offered; he is to be holy in your eyes, for I the Lord, who make you holy, am holy.

  • Ezek 37:28
    72%

    28 And the nations will be certain that I who make Israel holy am the Lord, when my holy place is among them for ever.

  • Lev 20:26
    72%

    26 And you are to be holy to me; for I the Lord am holy and have made you separate from the nations, so that you may be my people.

  • Lev 18:30
    72%

    30 So then, keep my orders, so that you may not do any of these disgusting things which were done before you, or make yourselves unclean through them: I am the Lord your God.

  • Lev 18:2
    72%

    2 Say to the children of Israel, I am the Lord your God.

  • Exod 20:10-11
    2 verses
    72%

    10 But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; on that day you are to do no work, you or your son or your daughter, your man-servant or your woman-servant, your cattle or the man from a strange country who is living among you:

    11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and the sea, and everything in them, and he took his rest on the seventh day: for this reason the Lord has given his blessing to the seventh day and made it holy.

  • Exod 35:2
    72%

    2 Six days let work be done, but the seventh day is to be a holy day to you, a Sabbath of rest to the Lord; whoever does any work on that day is to be put to death.

  • Deut 5:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14 But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; on that day do no work, you or your son or your daughter, or your man-servant or your woman-servant, or your ox or your ass or any of your cattle, or the man from a strange country who is living among you; so that your man-servant and your woman-servant may have rest as well as you.

    15 And keep in mind that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord your God took you out of that land by his strong hand and his stretched-out arm: for this reason the Lord has given you orders to keep the Sabbath day.

  • Exod 13:10
    72%

    10 So let this order be kept, at the right time, from year to year.

  • Lev 23:31
    72%

    31 You may not do any sort of work: this is an order for ever through all your generations wherever you may be living.

  • Lev 16:31
    71%

    31 It is a special Sabbath for you, and you are to keep yourselves from pleasure; it is an order for ever.

  • Jer 17:22
    71%

    22 And take no weight out of your houses on the Sabbath day, or do any work, but keep the Sabbath day holy, as I gave orders to your fathers;

  • Isa 58:13
    71%

    13 If you keep the Sabbath with care, not doing your business on my holy day; and if the Sabbath seems to you a delight, and the new moon of the Lord a thing to be honoured; and if you give respect to him by not doing your business, or going after your pleasure, or saying unholy words;

  • Exod 12:14
    71%

    14 And this day is to be kept in your memories: you are to keep it as a feast to the Lord through all your generations, as an order for ever.

  • Lev 22:2
    70%

    2 Give orders to Aaron and to his sons to keep themselves separate from the holy things of the children of Israel which they give to me, and not to make my holy name common: I am the Lord,

  • Neh 9:14
    70%

    14 And you gave them word of your holy Sabbath, and gave them orders and rules and a law, by the hand of Moses your servant:

  • Lev 23:33
    70%

    33 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Lev 23:21
    70%

    21 And on the same day, let it be given out that there will be a holy meeting for you: you may do no field-work on that day: it is a rule for ever through all your generations wherever you are living.

  • Lev 11:45
    70%

    45 For I am the Lord, who took you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God; so be you holy, for I am holy.

  • Exod 10:2
    70%

    2 And so that you may be able to give to your son and to your son's son the story of my wonders in Egypt, and the signs which I have done among them; so that you may see that I am the Lord.

  • Exod 16:29
    70%

    29 See, because the Lord has given you the Sabbath, he gives you on the sixth day bread enough for two days; let every man keep where he is; let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.

  • Exod 13:1
    70%

    1 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Lev 23:9
    70%

    9 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Exod 34:21
    70%

    21 Six days let work be done, but on the seventh day take your rest: at ploughing time and at the grain-cutting you are to have a day for rest.