Exodus 31:13

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

“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.

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  • Ezek 20:12 : 12 I also gave them my Sabbaths as a reminder of our relationship, so that they would know that I, the LORD, sanctify them.
  • Ezek 20:20 : 20 Treat 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 31:17 : 17 It 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.’”
  • 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 19:30 : 30 Purity, Honor, Respect, and Honesty“‘You must keep my Sabbaths and fear my sanctuary. I am the LORD.
  • Lev 20:8 : 8 You must be sure to obey my statutes. I am the LORD who sanctifies you.
  • Lev 21:8 : 8 You must sanctify him because he presents the food of your God. He must be holy to you because I, the LORD who sanctifies you all, am holy.
  • 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.
  • Lev 25:2 : 2 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them,‘When you enter the land that I am giving you, the land must observe a Sabbath to the LORD.
  • Lev 26:2 : 2 You must keep my Sabbaths and reverence my sanctuary. I am the LORD.
  • Neh 9:14 : 14 You made known to them your holy Sabbath; you issued commandments, statutes, and law to them through Moses your servant.
  • Ezek 37:28 : 28 Then, when my sanctuary is among them forever, the nations will know that I, the LORD, sanctify Israel.’”
  • Ezek 44:24 : 24 “‘In a controversy they will act as judges; they will judge according to my ordinances. They will keep my laws and my statutes regarding all my appointed festivals and will observe my Sabbaths.
  • John 17:17 : 17 Set them apart in the truth; your word is truth.
  • John 17:19 : 19 And I set myself apart on their behalf, so that they too may be truly set apart.
  • 1 Thess 5:23 : 23 Conclusion Now may the God of peace himself make you completely holy and may your spirit and soul and body be kept entirely blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Jude 1:1 : 1 ¶ Salutation From Jude, a slave of Jesus Christ and brother of James, to those who are called, wrapped in the love of God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ.
  • Exod 20:8-9 : 8 “Remember the Sabbath day to set it apart as holy. 9 For six days you may labor and do all your work, 10 but 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. 11 For 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.

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  • Ezek 20:19-20
    2 verses
    86%

    19I am the LORD your God; follow my statutes, observe my regulations, and carry them out.

    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.”

  • Ezek 20:12
    84%

    12I also gave them my Sabbaths as a reminder of our relationship, so that they would know that I, the LORD, sanctify them.

  • Exod 31:14-17
    4 verses
    83%

    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.’”

  • Lev 19:30
    82%

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

  • Lev 26:2
    82%

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

  • Lev 20:7-8
    2 verses
    79%

    7Exhortation to Holiness and Obedience“‘You must sanctify yourselves and be holy, because I am the LORD your God.

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

  • Deut 5:12
    77%

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

  • Lev 22:31-33
    3 verses
    76%

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

    32You must not profane my holy name, and I will be sanctified in the midst of the Israelites. I am the LORD who sanctifies you,

    33the one who brought you out from the land of Egypt to be your God. I am the LORD.

  • Exod 31:12
    76%

    12Sabbath Observance The LORD said to Moses,

  • Lev 23:2-4
    3 verses
    75%

    2“Speak to the Israelites and tell them,‘These are the LORD’s appointed times which you must proclaim as holy assemblies– my appointed times:

    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.

    4The Festival of Passover and Unleavened Bread“‘These are the LORD’s appointed times, holy assemblies, which you must proclaim at their appointed time.

  • Lev 19:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2“Speak to the whole congregation of the Israelites and tell them,‘You must be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.

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

  • Exod 20:8
    74%

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

  • Lev 22:9
    74%

    9They must keep my charge so that they do not incur sin on account of it and therefore die because they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.

  • Lev 25:2
    74%

    2“Speak to the Israelites and tell them,‘When you enter the land that I am giving you, the land must observe a Sabbath to the LORD.

  • Lev 21:8
    73%

    8You must sanctify him because he presents the food of your God. He must be holy to you because I, the LORD who sanctifies you all, am holy.

  • Ezek 37:28
    72%

    28Then, when my sanctuary is among them forever, the nations will know that I, the LORD, sanctify Israel.’”

  • Lev 20:26
    72%

    26You must be holy to me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the other peoples to be mine.

  • Lev 18:30
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    30You must obey my charge not to practice any of the abominable statutes that have been done before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.’”

  • Lev 18:2
    72%

    2“Speak to the Israelites and tell them,‘I am the LORD your God!

  • Exod 20:10-11
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    72%

    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.

  • Exod 35:2
    72%

    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.

  • Deut 5:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    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 13:10
    72%

    10So you must keep this ordinance at its appointed time from year to year.

  • Lev 23:31
    72%

    31You must not do any work. This is a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all the places where you live.

  • Lev 16:31
    71%

    31It is to be a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you must humble yourselves. It is a perpetual statute.

  • Jer 17:22
    71%

    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.

  • Isa 58:13
    71%

    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.

  • Exod 12:14
    71%

    14This day will become a memorial for you, and you will celebrate it as a festival to the LORD– you will celebrate it perpetually as a lasting ordinance.

  • Lev 22:2
    70%

    2“Tell Aaron and his sons that they must deal respectfully with the holy offerings of the Israelites, which they consecrate to me, so that they do not profane my holy name. I am the LORD.

  • Neh 9:14
    70%

    14You made known to them your holy Sabbath; you issued commandments, statutes, and law to them through Moses your servant.

  • Lev 23:33
    70%

    33The Festival of Temporary Shelters The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Lev 23:21
    70%

    21“‘On this very day you must proclaim an assembly; it is to be a holy assembly for you. You must not do any regular work. This is a perpetual statute in all the places where you live throughout your generations.

  • Lev 11:45
    70%

    45for I am the LORD who brought you up from the land of Egypt to be your God, and you are to be holy because I am holy.

  • Exod 10:2
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    2and in order that in the hearing of your son and your grandson you may tell how I made fools of the Egyptians and about my signs that I displayed among them, so that you may know that I am the Lord.”

  • Exod 16:29
    70%

    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.”

  • Exod 13:1
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    9The Presentation of First Fruits The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Exod 34:21
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    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.