Exodus 31:15

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

Genesis 2:2

On the sixth day God finished the work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all the work that he had done.

Exodus 16:23

he said to them, “This is what the Lord has commanded: Tomorrow is a day of solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to the Lord; bake what you want to bake and boil what you want to boil, and all that is left over put aside to be kept until morning.”

Exodus 16:26

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

Exodus 23:12

“Six days you shall do your work, but on the seventh day you shall rest so that your ox and your donkey may have relief and your homeborn slave and the resident alien may be refreshed.

Exodus 31:14

You shall keep the Sabbath, because it is holy for you; everyone who profanes it shall be put to death; whoever does any work on it shall be cut off from among the people.

Exodus 31:16

Therefore the Israelites shall keep the Sabbath, observing the Sabbath throughout their generations, as a perpetual covenant.

Exodus 31:17

It is a sign forever between me and the Israelites that in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.’ ”

Exodus 34:21

“Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even in plowing time and in harvest time you shall rest.

Exodus 35:2

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

Exodus 35:3

You shall kindle no fire in all your dwellings on the Sabbath day.”

Ezekiel 46:1

“Thus says the Lord God: The gate of the inner court that faces east shall remain closed on the six working days, but on the Sabbath day it shall be opened, and on the day of the new moon it shall be opened.

Leviticus 16:29

“This shall be a statute to you forever: In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall humble yourselves and shall do no work, neither the native-born nor the alien who resides among you.

Leviticus 23:3

“Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a holy convocation; you shall do no work: it is a Sabbath to the Lord throughout your settlements.

Leviticus 23:32

It shall be to you a Sabbath of complete rest, and you shall humble yourselves; on the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening to evening you shall keep your Sabbath.”

Luke 13:14

But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had cured on the Sabbath, kept saying to the crowd, “There are six days on which work ought to be done; come on those days and be cured and 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

“ ‘Observe the Sabbath day and keep it holy, as the Lord your God commanded you.

Hebrews 4:9

So then, a Sabbath rest still remains for the people of God,