Exodus 20:8

New English Translation

“Remember the Sabbath day to set it apart as holy.

Cross References

Genesis 2:2

By the seventh day God finished the work that he had been doing, and he ceased on the seventh day all the work that he had been doing.

Genesis 2:3

God blessed the seventh day and made it holy because on it he ceased all the work that he had been doing in creation.

Nehemiah 13:15

In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath, bringing in heaps of grain and loading them onto donkeys, along with wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of loads, and bringing them to Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them on the day that they sold these provisions.

Nehemiah 9:14

You made known to them your holy Sabbath; you issued commandments, statutes, and law to them through Moses your servant.

Exodus 23:12

For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, in order that your ox and your donkey may rest and that your female servant’s son and any hired help may refresh themselves.

Exodus 31:12

The Lord said to Moses,

Exodus 35:1

Moses assembled the whole community of the Israelites and said to them, “These are the things that the Lord has commanded you to do.

Isaiah 56:2

The people who do this will be blessed, the people who commit themselves to obedience, who observe the Sabbath and do not defile it, who refrain from doing anything that is wrong.

Isaiah 58:13

You must observe the Sabbath rather than doing anything you please on my holy day. You must look forward to the Sabbath and treat the Lord’s holy day with respect. You must treat it with respect by refraining from your normal activities, and by refraining from your selfish pursuits and from making business deals.

Jeremiah 17:21

The Lord says, ‘Be very careful if you value your lives! Do not carry any loads in through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day.

Jeremiah 17:22

Do not carry any loads out of your houses or do any work on the Sabbath day. But observe the Sabbath day as a day set apart to the Lord, as I commanded your ancestors.

Jeremiah 17:24

The Lord says, ‘You must make sure to obey me. You must not bring any loads through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day. You must set the Sabbath day apart to me. You must not do any work on that day.

Ezekiel 20:20

Treat my Sabbaths as holy and they will be a reminder of our relationship, and then you will know that I am the Lord your God.”

Leviticus 19:3

Each of you must respect his mother and his father, and you must keep my Sabbaths. I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 19:30

“‘You must keep my Sabbaths and fear my sanctuary. I am the Lord.

Leviticus 23:3

“‘Six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there must be a Sabbath of complete rest, a holy assembly. You must not do any work; it is a Sabbath to the Lord in all the places where you live.

Leviticus 26:2

You must keep my Sabbaths and reverence my sanctuary. I am the Lord.

Numbers 15:32

When the Israelites were in the wilderness they found a man gathering wood on the Sabbath day.

Deuteronomy 5:12

Be careful to observe the Sabbath day just as the Lord your God has commanded you.