Exodus 31:15
Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
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Genesis 2:2And on the seventh day God finished his work which he had made, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
Exodus 16:26Six days ye shall gather it, but on the seventh day is the Sabbath, there shall be none in it.
Exodus 31:14Ye shall keep the Sabbath therefore, for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death, for whoever does any work on it, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
Exodus 34:21Six days thou shall work, but on the seventh day thou shall rest; in plowing time and in harvest thou shall rest.
Leviticus 23:3Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. Ye shall do no manner of work. It is a Sabbath to LORD in all your dwellings.
Numbers 15:32And while the sons of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks upon the Sabbath day.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 31:13-18
The Observance of the Sabbath. ( b. c. 1491.) 12 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 13 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. 14 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. 15 Six… Read the whole commentary →