Exodus 20:8

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

“Remember the Sabbath day to set it apart as holy.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 31:13-16 : 13 “Tell the Israelites,‘Surely you must keep my Sabbaths, 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 So you must keep the Sabbath, for it is holy for you. Everyone who defiles it must surely be put to death; indeed, if anyone does any work on it, then that person will be cut off from among his people. 15 Six days work may be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD; anyone who does work on the Sabbath day must surely be put to death. 16 The Israelites must keep the Sabbath by observing the Sabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant.
  • Lev 19:3 : 3 Each of you must respect his mother and his father, and you must keep my Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.
  • Lev 26:2 : 2 You must keep my Sabbaths and reverence my sanctuary. I am the LORD.
  • Gen 2:3 : 3 God blessed the seventh day and made it holy because on it he ceased all the work that he had been doing in creation.
  • Lev 19:30 : 30 Purity, Honor, Respect, and Honesty“‘You must keep my Sabbaths and fear my sanctuary. I am the LORD.
  • Lev 23:3 : 3 The Weekly Sabbath“‘Six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there must be a Sabbath of complete rest, a holy assembly. You must not do any work; it is a Sabbath to the LORD in all the places where you live.
  • Exod 16:23-30 : 23 He said to them,“This is what the LORD has said:‘Tomorrow is a time of cessation from work, a holy Sabbath to the LORD. Whatever you want to bake, bake today; whatever you want to boil, boil today; whatever is left put aside for yourselves to be kept until morning.’” 24 So they put it aside until the morning, just as Moses had commanded, and it did not stink, nor were there any worms in it. 25 Moses said,“Eat it today, for today is a Sabbath to the LORD; today you will not find it in the area. 26 Six days you will gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will not be any.” 27 On the seventh day some of the people went out to gather it, but they found nothing. 28 So the LORD said to Moses,“How long do you refuse to obey my commandments and my instructions? 29 See, because the LORD has given you the Sabbath, that is why he is giving you food for two days on the sixth day. Each of you stay where you are; let no one go out of his place on the seventh day.” 30 So the people rested on the seventh day.
  • Exod 23:12 : 12 For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, in order that your ox and your donkey may rest and that your female servant’s son and the resident foreigner may refresh themselves.
  • Isa 56:4-6 : 4 For this is what the LORD says:“For the eunuchs who observe my Sabbaths and choose what pleases me and are faithful to my covenant, 5 I will set up within my temple and my walls a monument that will be better than sons and daughters. I will set up a permanent monument for them that will remain. 6 As for foreigners who become followers of the LORD and serve him, who love the name of the LORD and want to be his servants– all who observe the Sabbath and do not defile it, and who are faithful to my covenant–

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 5:11-15
    5 verses
    87%

    11You must not make use of the name of the LORD your God for worthless purposes, for the LORD will not exonerate anyone who abuses his name that way.

    12Be careful to observe the Sabbath day just as the LORD your God has commanded you.

    13You are to work and do all your tasks in six days,

    14but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. On that day you must not do any work, you, your son, your daughter, your male slave, your female slave, your ox, your donkey, any other animal, or the resident foreigner who lives with you, so that your male and female slaves, like yourself, may have rest.

    15Recall that you were slaves in the land of Egypt and that the LORD your God brought you out of there by strength and power. That is why the LORD your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day.

  • Exod 20:9-16
    8 verses
    86%

    9For six days you may labor and do all your work,

    10but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God; on it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, or your male servant, or your female servant, or your cattle, or the resident foreigner who is in your gates.

    11For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, and he rested on the seventh day; therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.

    12“Honor your father and your mother, that you may live a long time in the land the LORD your God is giving to you.

    13“You shall not murder.

    14“You shall not commit adultery.

    15“You shall not steal.

    16“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

  • Exod 20:7
    83%

    7“You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold guiltless anyone who takes his name in vain.

  • Exod 35:2-3
    2 verses
    79%

    2In six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there must be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Anyone who does work on it will be put to death.

    3You must not kindle a fire in any of your homes on the Sabbath day.”

  • Lev 26:2
    78%

    2You must keep my Sabbaths and reverence my sanctuary. I am the LORD.

  • Lev 23:3
    78%

    3The Weekly Sabbath“‘Six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there must be a Sabbath of complete rest, a holy assembly. You must not do any work; it is a Sabbath to the LORD in all the places where you live.

  • Lev 19:30
    78%

    30Purity, Honor, Respect, and Honesty“‘You must keep my Sabbaths and fear my sanctuary. I am the LORD.

  • Exod 31:13-17
    5 verses
    78%

    13“Tell the Israelites,‘Surely you must keep my Sabbaths, for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

    14So you must keep the Sabbath, for it is holy for you. Everyone who defiles it must surely be put to death; indeed, if anyone does any work on it, then that person will be cut off from among his people.

    15Six days work may be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD; anyone who does work on the Sabbath day must surely be put to death.

    16The Israelites must keep the Sabbath by observing the Sabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant.

    17It is a sign between me and the Israelites forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.’”

  • Ezek 20:20
    78%

    20Treat my Sabbaths as holy and they will be a reminder of our relationship, and then you will know that I am the LORD your God.”

  • Exod 34:21
    77%

    21“On six days you may labor, but on the seventh day you must rest; even at the time of plowing and of harvest you are to rest.

  • Jer 17:21-22
    2 verses
    77%

    21The LORD says,‘Be very careful if you value your lives! Do not carry any loads in through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day.

    22Do not carry any loads out of your houses or do any work on the Sabbath day. But observe the Sabbath day as a day set apart to the LORD, as I commanded your ancestors.

  • Ezek 22:8
    77%

    8You have despised my holy things and desecrated my Sabbaths!

  • Lev 20:8
    77%

    8You must be sure to obey my statutes. I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

  • Deut 16:8
    75%

    8You must eat bread made without yeast for six days. The seventh day you are to hold an assembly for the LORD your God; you must not do any work on that day.

  • Exod 20:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    3“You shall have no other gods before me.

    4“You shall not make for yourself a carved image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above or that is on the earth beneath or that is in the water below.

  • Lev 19:3
    75%

    3Each of you must respect his mother and his father, and you must keep my Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.

  • Num 28:25
    75%

    25On the seventh day you are to have a holy assembly, you must do no regular work.

  • Deut 5:7-8
    2 verses
    74%

    7You must not have any other gods besides me.

    8You must not make for yourself an image of anything in heaven above, on earth below, or in the waters beneath.

  • Deut 8:11
    74%

    11Exhortation to Remember That Blessing Comes from God Be sure you do not forget the LORD your God by not keeping his commandments, ordinances, and statutes that I am giving you today.

  • Isa 58:13
    74%

    13You must observe the Sabbath rather than doing anything you please on my holy day. You must look forward to the Sabbath and treat the LORD’s holy day with respect. You must treat it with respect by refraining from your normal activities, and by refraining from your selfish pursuits and from making business deals.

  • Lev 19:12
    74%

    12You must not swear falsely in my name, so that you do not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

  • Matt 12:8
    73%

    8For the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”

  • Num 29:35
    73%

    35“‘On the eighth day you are to have a holy assembly; you must do no ordinary work on it.

  • Exod 16:29-30
    2 verses
    73%

    29See, because the LORD has given you the Sabbath, that is why he is giving you food for two days on the sixth day. Each of you stay where you are; let no one go out of his place on the seventh day.”

    30So the people rested on the seventh day.

  • Gen 2:3
    73%

    3God blessed the seventh day and made it holy because on it he ceased all the work that he had been doing in creation.

  • Exod 23:12
    73%

    12For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, in order that your ox and your donkey may rest and that your female servant’s son and the resident foreigner may refresh themselves.

  • Lev 23:28
    73%

    28You must not do any work on this particular day, because it is a day of atonement to make atonement for yourselves before the LORD your God.

  • Isa 56:2
    73%

    2The people who do this will be blessed, the people who commit themselves to obedience, who observe the Sabbath and do not defile it, who refrain from doing anything that is wrong.

  • Lev 22:31
    73%

    31“You must be sure to do my commandments. I am the LORD.

  • Num 15:40
    72%

    40Thus you will remember and obey all my commandments and be holy to your God.