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Exodus 31:12-17

The Sabbath as a Sign

Wisdom for the work · Exodus 31

Story guide: Yahweh commands Sabbath rest as an enduring covenant sign and warns Israel to keep the seventh day holy.

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12And the LORD said to Moses, saying,

13And you, speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘Surely you shall keep my Sabbaths, for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, so that you may know that I am Yahweh who sanctifies you.’

14You shall keep the Sabbath, because it is holy to you. Whoever profanes it shall surely be put to death, for whoever does work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people.

15Work may be done for six days, but on the seventh day there is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to Yahweh. Whoever does work on the Sabbath day shall surely be put to death.

16So the sons of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations as an everlasting covenant.

17It is a sign forever between me and the sons of Israel, for in six days Yahweh made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day he ceased and was refreshed.

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