Exodus 31:17

Webster's Bible (1833)

It is a sign between me and the children of Israel forever; for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.'"

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  • Gen 1:31 : 31 God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
  • Exod 31:13 : 13 "Speak also to the children of Israel, saying, 'Most assuredly you shall keep my Sabbaths: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that you may know that I am Yahweh who sanctifies you.
  • Gen 2:2-3 : 2 On the seventh day God finished his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. 3 God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it from all his work which he had created and made.
  • Ezek 20:12 : 12 Moreover also I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.
  • Heb 4:10 : 10 For he who has entered into his rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from his.
  • Ezek 20:20 : 20 and make my Sabbaths holy; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that you may know that I am Yahweh your God.
  • Heb 4:3-4 : 3 For we who have believed do enter into that rest, even as he has said, "As I swore in my wrath, they will not enter into my rest;" although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. 4 For he has said this somewhere about the seventh day, "God rested on the seventh day from all his works;"
  • Job 38:7 : 7 When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy?
  • Ps 104:31 : 31 Let the glory of Yahweh endure forever. Let Yahweh rejoice in his works.
  • Jer 32:41 : 41 Yes, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.

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  • Exod 31:12-16
    5 verses
    84%

    12Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

    13"Speak also to the children of Israel, saying, 'Most assuredly you shall keep my Sabbaths: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that you may know that I am Yahweh who sanctifies you.

    14You shall keep the Sabbath therefore; for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

    15Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to Yahweh. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall surely be put to death.

    16Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.

  • Exod 20:8-11
    4 verses
    84%

    8"Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.

    9You shall labor six days, and do all your work,

    10but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God. You shall not do any work in it, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your man-servant, nor your maid-servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates;

    11for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore Yahweh blessed the Sabbath day, and made it holy.

  • Gen 2:2-4
    3 verses
    81%

    2On the seventh day God finished his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

    3God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it from all his work which he had created and made.

    4This is the history of the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Yahweh God made earth and the heavens.

  • Exod 16:29-30
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    29Behold, because Yahweh has given you the Sabbath, therefore he gives you on the sixth day the bread of two days. Everyone stay in his place. Let no one go out of his place on the seventh day."

    30So the people rested on the seventh day.

  • Heb 4:3-5
    3 verses
    78%

    3For we who have believed do enter into that rest, even as he has said, "As I swore in my wrath, they will not enter into my rest;" although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

    4For he has said this somewhere about the seventh day, "God rested on the seventh day from all his works;"

    5and in this place again, "They will not enter into my rest."

  • Exod 34:21
    76%

    21Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest: in plowing time and in harvest you shall rest.

  • Lev 23:3
    76%

    3"'Six days shall work be done: but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation; you shall do no manner of work. It is a Sabbath to Yahweh in all your dwellings.

  • Exod 31:18
    75%

    18He gave to Moses, when he finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, the two tablets of the testimony, stone tablets, written with God's finger.

  • Ezek 20:12
    75%

    12Moreover also I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.

  • Ezek 20:20
    75%

    20and make my Sabbaths holy; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that you may know that I am Yahweh your God.

  • Heb 4:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9There remains therefore a Sabbath rest for the people of God.

    10For he who has entered into his rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from his.

  • Exod 35:2
    73%

    2'Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of solemn rest to Yahweh: whoever does any work in it shall be put to death.

  • Exod 23:12
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    12"Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest, that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your handmaid, and the alien may be refreshed.

  • Lev 16:31
    72%

    31It is a Sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall afflict your souls; it is a statute forever.

  • Deut 16:8
    71%

    8Six days you shall eat unleavened bread; and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to Yahweh your God; you shall do no work [therein].

  • Deut 5:12-15
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    12"Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as Yahweh your God commanded you.

    13Six days shall you labor, and do all your work;

    14but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God: [in it] you shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your man-servant, nor your maid-servant, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates; that your man-servant and your maid-servant may rest as well as you.

    15You shall remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and Yahweh your God brought you out of there by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm: therefore Yahweh your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.

  • Exod 24:16
    71%

    16The glory of Yahweh settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. The seventh day he called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud.

  • Lev 23:31
    71%

    31You shall do no manner of work: it is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

  • Exod 13:9
    71%

    9It shall be for a sign to you on your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, that the law of Yahweh may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand Yahweh has brought you out of Egypt.

  • Exod 34:27
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    27Yahweh said to Moses, "Write you these words: for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel."

  • Lev 24:8
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    8Every Sabbath day he shall set it in order before Yahweh continually. It is on the behalf of the children of Israel an everlasting covenant.

  • Lev 26:2
    70%

    2"'You shall keep my Sabbaths, and have reverence for my sanctuary. I am Yahweh.

  • Lev 26:35
    70%

    35As long as it lies desolate it shall have rest, even the rest which it didn't have in your sabbaths, when you lived on it.

  • Lev 25:2
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    2"Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'When you come into the land which I give you, then the land shall keep a Sabbath to Yahweh.

  • Lev 19:30
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    30"'You shall keep my Sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary; I am Yahweh.

  • 1 Chr 16:17
    69%

    17Confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute, To Israel for an everlasting covenant,

  • Deut 9:11
    69%

    11It came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that Yahweh gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant.

  • Exod 12:14
    69%

    14This day shall be to you for a memorial, and you shall keep it a feast to Yahweh: throughout your generations you shall keep it a feast by an ordinance forever.

  • Exod 13:16
    69%

    16It shall be for a sign on your hand, and for symbols between your eyes: for by strength of hand Yahweh brought us forth out of Egypt."

  • Gen 1:31
    68%

    31God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.