Exodus 20:8

Bible in Basic English 1965

Keep in memory the Sabbath and let it be a holy day.

Cross References

Genesis 2:2

And on the seventh day God came to the end of all his work; and on the seventh day he took his rest from all the work which he had done.

Genesis 2:3

And God gave his blessing to the seventh day and made it holy: because on that day he took his rest from all the work which he had made and done.

Nehemiah 13:15

In those days, I saw in Judah some who were crushing grapes on the Sabbath, and getting in grain and putting it on asses; as well as wine and grapes and figs and all sorts of goods which they took into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day: and I gave witness against them on the day when they were marketing food.

Nehemiah 9:14

And you gave them word of your holy Sabbath, and gave them orders and rules and a law, by the hand of Moses your servant:

Exodus 23:12

For six days do your work, and on the seventh day keep the Sabbath; so that your ox and your ass may have rest, together with the son of your servant and the man from a strange land living among you.

Exodus 31:12

And the Lord said to Moses,

Exodus 35:1

And Moses sent for all the children of Israel to come together, and said to them, This is what the Lord has said and these are his orders.

Isaiah 56:2

Happy is the man who does this, and the son of man whose behaviour is so ordered; who keeps the Sabbath holy, and his hand from doing any evil.

Isaiah 58:13

If you keep the Sabbath with care, not doing your business on my holy day; and if the Sabbath seems to you a delight, and the new moon of the Lord a thing to be honoured; and if you give respect to him by not doing your business, or going after your pleasure, or saying unholy words;

Jeremiah 17:21

This is what the Lord has said: See to yourselves, that you take up no weight on the Sabbath day, or take it in through the doors of Jerusalem;

Jeremiah 17:22

And take no weight out of your houses on the Sabbath day, or do any work, but keep the Sabbath day holy, as I gave orders to your fathers;

Jeremiah 17:24

And it will be, that if with all care you give ear to me, says the Lord, and take no weight through the doorways of this town on the Sabbath day, but keep the Sabbath day holy and do no work in it;

Ezekiel 20:20

And keep my Sabbaths holy; and they will be a sign between me and you so that it may be clear to you that I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 19:3

Let every man give honour to his mother and to his father and keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 19:30

Keep my Sabbaths and have respect for my holy place: I am the Lord.

Leviticus 23:3

On six days work may be done; but the seventh day is a special day of rest, a time for worship; you may do no sort of work: it is a Sabbath to the Lord wherever you may be living.

Leviticus 26:2

Keep my Sabbaths and give honour to my holy place: I am the Lord.

Numbers 15:32

Now while the children of Israel were in the waste land, they saw a man who was getting sticks on the Sabbath day.

Deuteronomy 5:12

Keep the Sabbath day as a holy day, as you have been ordered by the Lord your God.