Exodus 31:15

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

Genesis 2:2

On the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done.

Exodus 16:23

He said to them, “This is what the Lord has said, ‘Tomorrow is the Sabbath, a holy Sabbath to the Lord. Bake that which you will bake today, and boil that you will boil, and all that which remains over lay up for yourselves to be kept until the morning.’ ”

Exodus 16:26

Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will be none.”

Exodus 23:12

For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your female servant and the foreigner may refresh themselves.

Exodus 31:14

“You shall keep the Sabbath, for it is holy to you. Everyone who defiles it will surely be put to death, for whoever does any work on it, that person will be cut off from among his people.

Exodus 31:16

Therefore the Israelites must keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.

Exodus 31:17

It is a sign between Me and the Israelites forever, for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, but on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.”

Exodus 34:21

You shall work six days, but on the seventh day you must rest. Even at the time of plowing and harvest you must rest.

Exodus 35:2

Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a holy day, a Sabbath of rest to the Lord. Whoever does any work on it must be put to death.

Exodus 35:3

You must not kindle fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath day.

Ezekiel 46:1

Thus says the Lord God: The gate of the inner court that faces east shall be shut the six working days. But on the Sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the New Moon it shall be opened.

Leviticus 16:29

This shall be a perpetual statute for you so that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall humble yourselves, and do no work of any kind, whether it is the native citizen or the stranger who sojourns among you.

Leviticus 23:3

For six days work shall be done, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of complete rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work. It is the Sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings.

Leviticus 23:32

It shall be to you a sabbath of complete rest, and you shall afflict your souls. On the ninth day of the month starting at the evening, from evening to evening, you shall celebrate your sabbath.

Luke 13:14

But the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, and said to the people, “There are six days in which men ought to work. Therefore come and be healed on those days, but not on the Sabbath day.”

Luke 23:56

Then they returned and prepared spices and ointments. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

Deuteronomy 5:12

Keep the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, just as the Lord your God has commanded you.

Hebrews 4:9

Therefore a Sabbath rest remains for the people of God.