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Bible Verses About The Sabbath

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  1. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

  2. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

  3. And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.

  4. And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none.

  5. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

  6. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:

  7. But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:

  8. For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

  9. Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.

  10. Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you.

  11. Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

  12. Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.

  13. Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.

  14. It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.

  15. Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.

  16. ¶ Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.

  17. Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.

  18. And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.

  19. And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation.

  20. And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him.

  21. And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.

  22. And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses.

  23. ¶ And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot, and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and the drink offering thereof:

  24. But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.

  25. And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.