Exodus 31:16
Wherfore the children of Israel shal keepe the Sabbath, that they may obserue the rest throughout their generations for an euerlasting couenant.
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Referenced Verses
- Gen 9:13 : 13 I haue set my bowe in the cloude, and it shalbe for a signe of the couenant betweene me and the earth.
- Gen 17:11 : 11 That is, ye shall circumcise the foreskin of your flesh, and it shalbe a signe of the couenant betweene me and you.
- Jer 50:5 : 5 They shal aske the way to Zion, with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let vs cleaue to the Lorde in a perpetuall couenant that shall not be forgotten.
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17 It is a signe betweene me and the children of Israel for euer: for in sixe dayes the Lorde made the heauen and the earth, & in the seuenth day he ceased, and rested.
- Exod 31:13-153 verses83%
13 Speake thou also vnto the children of Israel, and say, Notwithstanding keepe yee my Sabbaths: for it is a signe betweene me and you in your generations, that ye may know that I the Lord do sanctifie you.
14 Ye shall therefore keepe the Sabbath: for it is holy vnto you: he that defileth it, shal die the death: therefore whosoeuer worketh therin, the same person shalbe euen cut off from among his people.
15 Sixe dayes shall men worke, but in the seuenth day is the Sabbath of the holy rest to the Lord: whosoeuer doeth any worke in the Sabbath day, shall dye the death.
- Lev 23:31-322 verses78%
31 Ye shall do no maner worke therefore: this shalbe a law for euer in your generations, throughout all your dwellings.
32 This shalbe vnto you a Sabbath of rest, & ye shall humble your soules: in the ninth day of the moneth at euen, from euen to euen shall ye celebrate your Sabbath.
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31 This shall be a Sabbath of rest vnto you, and ye shal humble your soules, by an ordinance for euer.
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8 Euery Sabbath hee shall put them in rowes before the Lord euermore, receiuing them of the children of Israel for an euerlasting couenant.
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3 Six daies shall worke be done, but in the seuenth day shalbe the Sabbath of rest, an holie conuocation: ye shall do no worke therein, it is the Sabbath of the Lorde, in all your dwellings.
- Exod 35:2-32 verses77%
2 Six dayes thou shalt work, but the seuenth day shall bee vnto you the holy Sabbath of rest vnto the Lord: whosoeuer doth any worke therein, shall die.
3 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout all your habitations vpon the Sabbath day.
- Exod 16:29-302 verses77%
29 Beholde, howe the Lorde hath giuen you the Sabbath: therefore he giueth you the sixt day bread for two dayes: tary therefore euery man in his place: let no man goe out of his place the seuenth day.
30 So the people rested the seuenth day.
- Exod 20:8-114 verses76%
8 Remember the Sabbath day, to keepe it holy.
9 Sixe dayes shalt thou labour, and doe all thy worke,
10 But the seuenth day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any worke, thou, nor thy sonne, nor thy daughter, thy man seruant, nor thy mayde, nor thy beast, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates.
11 For in sixe dayes the Lord made the heauen and the earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seuenth day: therefore the Lorde blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.
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12 Keepe the Sabbath day, to sanctifie it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee.
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2 Ye shall keepe my Sabbaths, and reuerence my Sanctuarie: I am the Lorde.
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2 Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say vnto them, When ye shall come into the lande which I giue you, the lande shall keepe Sabbath vnto the Lorde.
- 1 Chr 16:15-173 verses75%
15 Remember his couenant for euer, and the worde, which hee commaunded to a thousand generations:
16 Which he made with Abraham, and his othe to Izhak:
17 And hath confirmed it to Iaakob for a Law, & to Israel for an euerlasting couenant,
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30 Ye shall keepe my Sabbaths and reuerence my Sanctuarie: I am the Lorde.
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21 Six dayes shalt thou worke, and in the seuenth day thou shalt rest: both in earing time, and in the haruest thou shalt rest.
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12 Moreouer I gaue them also my Sabbaths to be a signe betwene me & them, that they might knowe that I am the Lord, that sanctifie them.
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20 And sanctifie my Sabbaths, and they shall bee a signe betweene mee and you, that ye may knowe that I am the Lord your God.
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14 And this day shalbe vnto you a remembrance: and ye shall keepe it an holie feast vnto the Lord, throughout your generations: yee shall keepe it holie by an ordinance for euer.
- Jer 17:21-222 verses73%
21 Thus sayth the Lorde, Take heede to your soules, and beare no burden in the Sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Ierusalem.
22 Neither cary foorth burdens out of your houses in the Sabbath day: neither doe yee any worke, but sanctifie the Sabbath, as I commanded your fathers.
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24 Neuerthelesse if ye will heare me, sayth the Lorde, and beare no burden through the gates of the citie in the Sabbath day, but sanctifie ye Sabbath day, so that ye do no worke therein,
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10 Keepe therefore this ordinance in his season appoynted from yeere to yeere.
- Lev 26:34-352 verses72%
34 Then shall the land inioy her Sabbaths, as long as it lieth voide, and yee shalbe in your enemies land: then shall the land rest, and enioy her Sabbaths.
35 All the dayes that it lieth voide, it shal rest, because it did not rest in your Sabbaths, when ye dwelt vpon it.
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24 Therefore shall ye obserue this thing as an ordinance both for thee and thy sonnes for euer.
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31 Therefore shall ye keepe my commandements and do them: for I am the Lord.
- Deut 5:14-152 verses72%
14 But the seuenth day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: thou shalt not doe any worke therein, thou, nor thy sonne, nor thy daughter, nor thy man seruant, nor thy mayd, nor thine oxe, nor thine asse, neither any of thy cattel, nor the stranger that is within thy gates: that thy man seruant and thy mayde may rest aswell as thou.
15 For, remember that thou wast a seruant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lorde thy God brought thee out thence by a mightie hand and a stretched out arme: therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to obserue the Sabbath day.
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2 Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the sonne of man which layeth holde on it: hee that keepeth the Sabbath and polluteth it not, and keepeth his hand from doing any euill.
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10 And since hath confirmed it to Iaakob for a lawe, and to Israel for an euerlasting couenant,
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3 So God blessed the seuenth day, & sanctified it, because that in it he had rested from all his worke, which God had created and made.
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4 For he spake in a certaine place of the seuenth day on this wise, And God did rest the seuenth day from all his workes.
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8 Six daies shalt thou eate vnleauened bread, and ye seuenth day shall be a solemne assemblie to ye Lord thy God thou shalt do no worke therei n.
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47 All the Congregation of Israel shall obserue it.
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36 If these ordinances depart out of my sight, saith the Lorde, then shall the seede of Israel cease from being a nation before me, for euer.
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9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
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26 Sixe dayes shall yee gather it, but in the seuenth day is the Sabbath: in it there shalbe none.
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21 So ye shall proclayme the same day, that it may be an holie conuocation vnto you: ye shall doe no seruile worke therein: it shalbe an ordinance for euer in al your dwellinges, throughout your generations.