Sabbath, The

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• Genesis 2:3 OT

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

• Genesis 2:2 OT

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

• Exodus 20:11 OT

  for 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.

• Exodus 20:9-11 OT

  You shall labor six days, and do all your work, but 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 male servant, nor your female servant, nor your livestock, nor…

• Mark 2:27 NT

  He said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.

• Exodus 31:15 OT

  Six 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.

• Leviticus 19:3 OT

  “ ‘Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am Yahweh your God.

• Leviticus 19:30 OT

  “ ‘You shall keep my Sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary; I am Yahweh.

• Exodus 20:8 OT

  “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.

• Deuteronomy 5:15 OT

  You 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.

• Nehemiah 9:14 OT

  and made known to them your holy Sabbath, and commanded them commandments, statutes, and a law, by Moses your servant,

• Exodus 23:12 OT

  “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 servant, and the alien may be refreshed.

• Exodus 31:13 OT

  “Speak also to the children of Israel, saying, ‘Most certainly 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.

• Exodus 31:17 OT

  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.’ ”

• Hebrews 4:4 NT

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

• Hebrews 4:9 NT

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

• Mark 2:28 NT

  Therefore the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.”

• Luke 4:16 NT

  He came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. He entered, as was his custom, into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.

• Luke 4:31 NT

  He came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. He was teaching them on the Sabbath day,

• Luke 6:6 NT

  It also happened on another Sabbath that he entered into the synagogue and taught. There was a man there, and his right hand was withered.

• Exodus 20:10 OT

  but 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 male servant, nor your female servant, nor your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates;

• Deuteronomy 5:14 OT

  but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God, in which you shall not do any work— neither 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 livestock,…

• Leviticus 23:3 OT

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

• Nehemiah 10:31 OT

  and if the peoples of the land bring wares or any grain on the Sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy from them on the Sabbath, or on a holy day; and that we would forego the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.