Bible Verses About The Sabbath

On the seventh day God was finished with his work which he had made, so he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

God blessed the seventh day and separated it as holy; because on that day God rested from all his work which he had created, so that it itself could produce.

He told them, "This is what ADONAI has said: 'Tomorrow is a holy Shabbat for ADONAI. Bake what you want to bake; boil what you want to boil; and whatever is left over, set aside and keep for the morning.'"

However, on the seventh day, some of the people went out to gather and found none.

"Remember the day, Shabbat, to set it apart for God.

You have six days to labor and do all your work,

but the seventh day is a Shabbat for ADONAI your God. On it, you are not to do any kind of work -not you, your son or your daughter, not your male or female slave, not your livestock, and not the for eigner staying with you inside the gates to your property.

For in six days, ADONAI made heaven and earth, the sea and everything in them; but on the seventh day he rested. This is why ADONAI blessed the day, Shabbat, and separated it for himself. v

"For six days, you are to work. But on the seventh day, you are to rest, so that your ox and donkey can rest, and your slave-girl's son and the foreigner be renewed.

"Tell the people of Isra'el, 'You are to observe my Shabbats; for this is a sign between me and you through all your generations; so that you will know that I am ADONAI, who sets you apart for me.

Therefore you are to keep my Shabbat, because it is set apart for you. Everyone who treats it as ordinary must be put to death; for whoever does any work on it is to be cut off from his people.

On six days work will get done; but the seventh day is Shabbat, for complete rest, set apart for ADONAI. Whoever does any work on the day of Shabbat must be put to death.

The people of Isra'el are to keep the Shabbat, to observe Shabbat through all their generations as a perpetual covenant.

It is a sign between me and the people of Isra'el forever; for in six days ADONAI made heaven and earth, but on the seventh day he stopped working and rested.'"

"'Every one of you is to revere his father and mother, and you are to keep my Shabbats; I am ADONAI your God.

"'Keep my Shabbats, and revere my sanctuary; I am ADONAI.

"'Work is to be done on six days; but the seventh day is a Shabbat of complete rest, a holy convocation; you are not to do any kind of work; it is a Shabbat for ADONAI, even in your homes.

While the people of Isra'el were in the desert, they found a man gathering wood on Shabbat.

Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moshe, Aharon and the whole congregation.

They kept him in custody, because it had not yet been decided what to do to him.

Then ADONAI said to Moshe, "This man must be put to death; the entire community is to stone him to death outside the camp."

So the whole community brought him outside the camp and threw stones at him until he died, as ADONAI had ordered Moshe.

"'On Shabbat offer two male lambs in their first year and without defect, with one gallon of fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with olive oil, and its drink offering.

but the seventh day is a Shabbat for ADONAI your God. On it you are not to do any kind of work - not you, your son or your daughter, not your male or female slave, not your ox, your donkey or any of your other livestock, and not the foreigner staying with you inside the gates to your property - so that your male and female servants can rest just as you do.

You are to remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and ADONAI your God brought you out from there with a strong hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore ADONAI your God has ordered you to keep the day of Shabbat.