Exodus 31:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁶ The Israelites must observe the Sabbath, celebrating it throughout their generations as a permanent covenant.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Wherefore the Israelites shall keep the Sabbath to observe it throughout their generations, a perpetual covenant.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

¹⁶ The Israelites should keep the Sabbath. They should observe the Sabbath in every generation as a covenant for all time.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Let the sons of Israel keep the Sabbath, and let them celebrate it throughout their generations. It is an everlasting covenant

Exodus 31:16 Cross References

Genesis 17:11

You must circumcise the flesh of your foreskin to serve as a sign of the covenant between me and you.  ,

Genesis 9:13

I have placed my bow in the clouds,  and it will be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.

Nehemiah 13:15

At that time I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath. They were also bringing in stores of grain and loading them on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought to Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them against selling food on that day.

Exodus 31:15

Work may be done for six days, but on the seventh day there must be a Sabbath of complete rest,  holy to the Lord. Anyone who does work on the Sabbath day must be put to death.

Exodus 31:17

It is a sign for ever between me and the Israelites, for in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, but on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.’

Isaiah 58:13

‘If you avoid desecrating the Sabbath, from doing whatever you want on my holy day; if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the holy day of the  Lord  honourable; if you honour it, not going your own ways, seeking your own pleasure, or talking business;  ,

Jeremiah 50:5

They will ask about Zion, turning their faces to this road. They will come and join themselves  to the  Lord in a permanent covenant  that will never be forgotten.