Exodus 31:17

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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.’ ”

Cross References

Genesis 1:31

God saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

Job 38:7

when the morning stars sang together and all the heavenly beings shouted for joy?

Psalm 104:31

May the glory of the Lord endure forever; may the Lord rejoice in his works—

Exodus 20:11

For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but rested the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and consecrated it.

Exodus 31:13

“You yourself are to speak to the Israelites, ‘You shall surely keep my Sabbaths, for this is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, given in order that you may know that I, the Lord, sanctify you.

Exodus 31:16

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

Isaiah 58:13

If you refrain from trampling the Sabbath, from pursuing your own interests on my holy day; if you call the Sabbath a delight and the holy day of the Lord honorable; if you honor it, not going your own ways, serving your own interests or pursuing your own affairs;

Jeremiah 32:41

I will rejoice in doing good to them, and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness, with all my heart and all my soul.

Ezekiel 20:12

Moreover, I gave them my Sabbaths, as a sign between me and them, so that they might know that I the Lord sanctify them.

Ezekiel 20:20

and hallow my Sabbaths that they may be a sign between me and you, so that you may know that I the Lord am your God.”

Hebrews 4:10

for those who enter God’s rest also rest from their labors as God did from his.