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Exodus 31:17

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.

It is a sign {H226} between me and the children {H1121} of Israel {H3478} for ever {H5769}: for in six {H8337} days {H3117} the LORD {H3068} made {H6213} heaven {H8064} and earth {H776}, and on the seventh {H7637} day {H3117} he rested {H7673}, and was refreshed {H5314}.

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.'"

It is a sign between Me and the Israelites forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, but on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.’”

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

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Cross-References

  • Exodus 31:13 (8 votes)

    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.
  • Genesis 1:31 (8 votes)

    ¶ And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, [it was] very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
  • Genesis 2:2 (7 votes)

    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.
  • Genesis 2:3 (7 votes)

    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.
  • Ezekiel 20:12 (6 votes)

    Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I [am] the LORD that sanctify them.
  • Hebrews 4:10 (5 votes)

    For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God [did] from his.
  • Ezekiel 20:20 (4 votes)

    And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I [am] the LORD your God.
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