Exodus 31:16

Bible in Basic English 1965

And the children of Israel are to keep the Sabbath holy, from generation to generation, by an eternal agreement.

Cross References

Genesis 17:11

In the flesh of your private parts you are to undergo it, as a mark of the agreement between me and you.

Genesis 9:13

I will put my bow in the cloud and it will be for a sign of the agreement between me and the earth.

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.

Exodus 31:15

Six days may work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the Lord; whoever does any work on the Sabbath day is to be put to death.

Exodus 31:17

It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever; because in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he took his rest and had pleasure in it.

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 50:5

They will be questioning about the way to Zion, with their faces turned in its direction, saying, Come, and be united to the Lord in an eternal agreement which will be kept in mind for ever.