Exodus 31:16
Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations, as a perpetual covenant.
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Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts
The Israelites are to observe the Sabbath, celebrating it as a perpetual covenant for their generations.
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
Wherefore the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} shall keep{H8104} the sabbath,{H7676} to observe{H6213} the sabbath{H7676} throughout their generations,{H1755} for a perpetual{H5769} covenant.{H1285}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
Wherefore the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} shall keep{H8104}{(H8804)} the sabbath{H7676}, to observe{H6213}{(H8800)} the sabbath{H7676} throughout their generations{H1755}, for a perpetual{H5769} covenant{H1285}.
Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)
wherfore let the childern of Israel kepe the Sabbath, that they obserue it thorowe out their generacions, that it be an appoyntement for euer.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
Therfore shal the children of Israel kepe the Sabbath, that they maye kepe it also amonge their posterities for an euerlastynge couenaunt.
Geneva Bible (1560)
Wherfore the children of Israel shal keepe the Sabbath, that they may obserue the rest throughout their generations for an euerlasting couenant.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
Wherefore let the children of Israel kepe the Sabboth, that they obserue the Sabboth throughout their generations: it is a perpetuall couenaunt.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, [for] a perpetual covenant.
Webster's Bible (1833)
Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
and the sons of Israel have observed the sabbath; to keep the sabbath to their generations `is' a covenant age-during,
American Standard Version (1901)
Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
American Standard Version (1901)
Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
And the children of Israel are to keep the Sabbath holy, from generation to generation, by an eternal agreement.
World English Bible (2000)
Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
The Israelites must keep the Sabbath by observing the Sabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant.
Referenced Verses
- Gen 9:13 : 13 I set my rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between me and the earth.
- Gen 17:11 : 11 And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you.
- Jer 50:5 : 5 They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces toward it, saying, Come and let us join ourselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that shall not be forgotten.
Similar Verses (AI)
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17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel forever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
- Exod 31:13-153 verses83%
13 Speak also to the children of Israel, saying, Truly my Sabbaths you shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.
14 You shall keep the Sabbath therefore; for it is holy to you: everyone who defiles it shall surely be put to death: for whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people.
15 Six days may work be done; but the seventh is a Sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whoever does any work on the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
- Lev 23:31-322 verses78%
31 You shall do no manner of work; it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
32 It shall be to you a sabbath of rest, and you shall afflict your souls; on the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening to evening, you shall celebrate your sabbath.
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31 It shall be a sabbath of rest to you, and you shall afflict your souls, by a statute forever.
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8 Every Sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant.
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3 Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, a holy gathering; you shall do no work in it; it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.
- Exod 35:2-32 verses77%
2 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whoever does any work on it shall be put to death.
3 You shall kindle no fire throughout your dwellings on the sabbath day.
- Exod 16:29-302 verses77%
29 See, the LORD has given you the Sabbath, therefore he gives you on the sixth day bread for two days. Let every man remain in his place; let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
30 So the people rested on the seventh day.
- Exod 20:8-114 verses76%
8 Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
10 but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor the stranger who is within your gates.
11 For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.
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12 Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD your God has commanded you.
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2 You shall keep my Sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.
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2 Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, When you come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath to the LORD.
- 1 Chr 16:15-173 verses75%
15 Always remember his covenant, the word he commanded to a thousand generations;
16 Even the covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac;
17 And confirmed to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
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30 You shall keep my sabbaths and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.
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21 Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest; in plowing time and in harvest you shall rest.
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12 Moreover I also gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
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20 And hallow my sabbaths, and they shall be a sign between me and you, that you may know that I am the LORD your God.
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14 And this day shall be to you a memorial; and you shall keep it as a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; you shall keep it as a feast by an ordinance forever.
- Jer 17:21-222 verses73%
21 Thus says the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;
22 Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do any work, but hallow the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.
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24 And it shall come to pass, if you diligently listen to me, says the LORD, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein;
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10 You shall therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year.
- Lev 26:34-352 verses72%
34 Then shall the land enjoy its Sabbaths, as long as it lies desolate, and you are in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy its Sabbaths.
35 As long as it lies desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your Sabbaths, when you dwelt upon it.
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24 And you shall observe this thing as an ordinance for you and your sons forever.
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31 Therefore you shall keep my commandments, and do them: I am the LORD.
- Deut 5:14-152 verses72%
14 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD your God: in it you shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates; that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you.
15 And remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD your God brought you out from there through a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm: therefore the LORD your God commanded you to keep the sabbath day.
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2 Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who takes hold of it; who keeps the sabbath from polluting it, and keeps his hand from doing any evil.
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10 And confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:
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3 And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on it He had rested from all His work which God created and made.
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4 For he spoke in a certain place of the seventh day in this way: "And God rested the seventh day from all his works."
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8 Six days you shall eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the LORD your God: you shall do no work in it.
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47 All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.
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36 If those ordinances depart from before me, says the LORD, then the descendants of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me forever.
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9 There remains therefore a rest for the people of God.
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26 Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will be none.
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21 And you shall proclaim on the same day that it may be a holy gathering to you; you shall do no servile work in it; it shall be a statute forever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.