Exodus 31:15

New Century Version

There are six days for working, but the seventh day is a day of rest, a day holy for the Lord. Anyone who works during the Sabbath day must be put to death.

Cross References

Genesis 2:2

By the seventh day God finished the work he had been doing, so he rested from all his work.

Exodus 16:23

he said to them, “This is what the Lord commanded, because tomorrow is the Sabbath, the Lord’s holy day of rest. Bake what you want to bake, and boil what you want to boil today. Save the rest of the food until tomorrow morning.”

Exodus 16:26

You should gather the food for six days, but the seventh day is a Sabbath day. On that day there will not be any food on the ground.”

Exodus 23:12

“You should work six days a week, but on the seventh day you must rest. This lets your ox and your donkey rest, and it also lets the slave born in your house and the foreigner be refreshed.

Exodus 31:14

“ ‘Make the Sabbath a holy day. If anyone treats the Sabbath like any other day, that person must be put to death; anyone who works on the Sabbath day must be cut off from his people.

Exodus 31:16

The Israelites must remember the Sabbath day as an agreement between them and me that will continue from now on.

Exodus 31:17

The Sabbath day will be a sign between me and the Israelites forever, because in six days I, the Lord, made the sky and the earth. On the seventh day I did not work; I rested.’ ”

Exodus 34:21

“You must work for six days, but on the seventh day you must rest—even during the planting season and the harvest season.

Exodus 35:2

You are to work for six days, but the seventh day will be a holy day, a Sabbath of rest to honor the Lord. Anyone who works on that day must be put to death.

Exodus 35:3

On the Sabbath day you must not light a fire in any of your houses.”

Ezekiel 46:1

“ ‘This is what the Lord God says: The east gate of the inner courtyard will stay shut on the six working days, but it will be opened on the Sabbath day and on the day of the New Moon.

Leviticus 16:29

“This law will always continue for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month, you must deny yourself and you must not do any work. The travelers or foreigners living with you must not work either.

Leviticus 23:3

“ ‘There are six days for you to work, but the seventh day will be a special day of rest. It is a day for a holy meeting; you must not do any work. It is a Sabbath to the Lord in all your homes.

Leviticus 23:32

It will be a special day of rest for you, and you must deny yourselves. You will start this special day of rest on the evening after the ninth day of the month, and it will continue from that evening until the next evening.”

Luke 13:14

The synagogue leader was angry because Jesus healed on the Sabbath day. He said to the people, “There are six days when one has to work. So come to be healed on one of those days, and not on the Sabbath day.”

Luke 23:56

Then the women left to prepare spices and perfumes. On the Sabbath day they rested, as the law of Moses commanded.

Deuteronomy 5:12

“Keep the Sabbath as a holy day, as the Lord your God has commanded you.

Hebrews 4:9

This shows that the rest for God’s people is still coming.