Exodus 31:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • 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.
  • Exod 16:23 : 23 And he said, This is what the Lord has said, Tomorrow is a day of rest, a holy Sabbath to the Lord: what has to be cooked may be cooked; and what is over, put on one side to be kept till the morning.
  • Gen 2:2 : 2 And on the seventh day God came to the end of all his work; and on the seventh day he took his rest from all the work which he had done.
  • Exod 34:21 : 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.
  • Exod 35:2 : 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.
  • Exod 16:26 : 26 For six days you will get it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will not be any.
  • 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.
  • Exod 31:14 : 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.
  • 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 23:32 : 32 Let this be a Sabbath of special rest to you, and keep yourselves from all pleasure; on the ninth day of the month at nightfall from evening to evening, let this Sabbath be kept.
  • Num 15:32-36 : 32 Now while the children of Israel were in the waste land, they saw a man who was getting sticks on the Sabbath day. 33 And those who saw him getting sticks took him before Moses and Aaron and all the people. 34 And they had him shut up, because they had no directions about what was to be done with him. 35 Then the Lord said to Moses, Certainly the man is to be put to death: let him be stoned by all the people outside the tent-circle. 36 So all the people took him outside the tent-circle and he was stoned to death there, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.
  • Jer 17:24-27 : 24 And it will be, that if with all care you give ear to me, says the Lord, and take no weight through the doorways of this town on the Sabbath day, but keep the Sabbath day holy and do no work in it; 25 Then through the doors of this town there will come kings and princes, seated on the seat of David, going in carriages and on horseback, they and their princes, and the men of Judah and the people of Jerusalem: and this town will keep its place for ever. 26 And they will come from the towns of Judah, and from the places round about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the lowlands, and from the mountains, and from the South, with burned offerings and offerings of beasts and meal offerings and perfume and offerings of praise, to the house of the Lord. 27 But if you do not give ear to me, to keep the Sabbath day holy, and to let no weight be lifted and taken through the doors of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day: then I will put a fire in its doorways, burning up the great houses of Jerusalem, and it will never be put out.
  • Ezek 46:1 : 1 This is what the Lord has said: The doorway of the inner square looking to the east is to be shut on the six working days; but on the Sabbath it is to be open, and at the time of the new moon it is to be open.
  • Luke 13:14 : 14 And the ruler of the Synagogue was angry because Jesus had made her well on the Sabbath, and he said to the people, There are six days in which men may do work: so come on those days to be made well, and not on the Sabbath.
  • Luke 23:56 : 56 And they went back and got ready spices and perfumes; and on the Sabbath they took their rest, in agreement with the law.
  • Heb 4:9 : 9 So that there is still a Sabbath-keeping for the people of God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 35:1-3
    3 verses
    94%

    1 And Moses sent for all the children of Israel to come together, and said to them, This is what the Lord has said and these are his orders.

    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.

    3 No fire is to be lighted in any of your houses on the Sabbath day.

  • Exod 31:13-14
    2 verses
    92%

    13 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.

    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.

  • Lev 23:3
    83%

    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.

  • Exod 20:8-11
    4 verses
    82%

    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.

  • Exod 31:16-17
    2 verses
    81%

    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.

  • Exod 34:21
    80%

    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.

  • Deut 5:12-15
    4 verses
    80%

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

    13 On six days do all your work:

    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.

  • Lev 23:28-31
    4 verses
    79%

    28 And on that day you may do no sort of work, for it is a day of taking away sin, to make you clean before the Lord your God.

    29 For any person, whoever he may be, who takes his pleasure on that day will be cut off from his people.

    30 And if any person, whoever he may be, on that day does any sort of work, I will send destruction on him from among his people.

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

  • Deut 16:8
    77%

    8 For six days let your food be unleavened bread; and on the seventh day there is to be a holy meeting to the Lord your God; no work is to be done.

  • Exod 16:29-30
    2 verses
    77%

    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.

    30 So the people took their rest on the seventh day.

  • Exod 16:26-27
    2 verses
    76%

    26 For six days you will get it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will not be any.

    27 But still on the seventh day some of the people went out to get it, and there was not any.

  • Num 28:25
    76%

    25 Then on the seventh day there will be a holy meeting; you may do no field-work.

  • Lev 24:16-17
    2 verses
    76%

    16 And he who says evil against the name of the Lord will certainly be put to death; he will be stoned by all the people; the man who is not of your nation and one who is an Israelite by birth, whoever says evil against the holy Name is to be put to death.

    17 And anyone who takes another's life is certainly to be put to death.

  • Num 29:35
    75%

    35 On the eighth day let there be a holy meeting: you may do no field-work;

  • Jer 17:22
    75%

    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;

  • Exod 23:12
    74%

    12 For six days do your work, and on the seventh day keep the Sabbath; so that your ox and your ass may have rest, together with the son of your servant and the man from a strange land living among you.

  • Exod 21:15
    74%

    15 Any man who gives a blow to his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death.

  • Gen 2:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2 And on the seventh day God came to the end of all his work; and on the seventh day he took his rest from all the work which he had done.

    3 And God gave his blessing to the seventh day and made it holy: because on that day he took his rest from all the work which he had made and done.

  • Lev 23:8
    74%

    8 And every day for seven days you will give a burned offering to the Lord; and on the seventh day there will be a holy meeting; you may do no field-work.

  • Exod 12:16
    74%

    16 And on the first day there is to be a holy meeting and on the seventh day a holy meeting; no sort of work may be done on those days but only to make ready what is necessary for everyone's food.

  • Lev 23:36
    73%

    36 Every day for seven days give an offering made by fire to the Lord; and on the eighth day there is to be a holy meeting, when you are to give an offering made by fire to the Lord; this is a special holy day: you may do no field-work on that day.

  • Lev 16:31
    73%

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

  • Num 15:31-32
    2 verses
    73%

    31 Because he had no respect for the word of the Lord, and did not keep his law, that man will be cut off without mercy and his sin will be on him.

    32 Now while the children of Israel were in the waste land, they saw a man who was getting sticks on the Sabbath day.

  • Exod 21:17
    73%

    17 Any man cursing his father or his mother is to be put to death.

  • Lev 19:30
    73%

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

  • Exod 21:12
    73%

    12 He who gives a man a death-blow is himself to be put to death.

  • Jer 17:24
    72%

    24 And it will be, that if with all care you give ear to me, says the Lord, and take no weight through the doorways of this town on the Sabbath day, but keep the Sabbath day holy and do no work in it;