Leviticus 23:3 - The Scriptures 1998

³ ‘Six days work is done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of rest, a set-apart gathering. You do no work, it is a Sabbath to יהוה  in all your dwellings.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of rest, a holy convocation or assembly by summons. You shall do no work on that day; it is the Sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ Six days shall work be done: but on the seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of work: it is a sabbath unto Jehovah in all your dwellings.

Common English Bible

³ Work can be done for six days, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of special rest, a holy occasion. You must not do any work on it; wherever you live, it is a Sabbath to the LORD.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ For six days you shall do work; the seventh day, because it is the rest of the Sabbath, shall be called holy. You shall do no work on that day; it is the Sabbath of the Lord in all your dwelling places.

Leviticus 23:3 Cross References

Exodus 16:23

And he said to them, “This is what יהוה  has said, ‘Tomorrow is a rest, a Sabbath set-apart to יהוה. That which you bake, bake; and that which you cook, cook. And lay up for yourselves all that is left over, to keep it until morning.’ ”

Exodus 16:29

“See, because יהוה  has given you the Sabbath, therefore He is giving you bread for two days on the sixth day. Let each one stay in his place, do not let anyone go out of his place on the seventh day.”

Exodus 16:30

So the people rested on the seventh day.

Exodus 23:12

“Six days you are to do your work, and on the seventh day you rest, in order that your ox and your donkey might rest, and the son of your female servant and the sojourner be refreshed.

Exodus 34:21

“Six days you work, but on the seventh day you rest – in ploughing time and in harvest you rest.

Isaiah 56:2

“Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who lays hold on it, guarding the Sabbath lest he profane it, and guarding his hand from doing any evil.

Isaiah 56:6

“Also the sons of the foreigner who join themselves to יהוה, to serve Him, and to love the Name of יהוה, to be His servants, all who guard the Sabbath, and not profane it, and hold fast to My covenant –

Isaiah 58:13

“If you do turn back your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on My set-apart day, and shall call the Sabbath ‘a delight,’ the set-apart day of יהוה  ‘esteemed,’ and shall esteem it, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words,

Leviticus 19:3

‘Each one of you should fear his mother and his father, and guard My Sabbaths. I am יהוה  your Elohim.

Luke 13:14

But the ruler of the congregation, responding, much displeased that יהושע  had healed on the Sabbath, said to the crowd, “There are six days on which men should work, so come and be healed on them, and not on the Sabbath day.”

Luke 23:56

And having returned, they prepared spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath according to the command.

Acts 15:21

“For from ancient generations Mosheh has, in every city, those proclaiming him – being read in the congregations every Sabbath.”

Revelation 1:10

I came to be in the Spirit on the Day of יהוה, and I heard behind me a loud voice, as of a trumpet,