Exodus 31:13
Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: See that thou keep my sabbath: because it is a sign between me and you in your generations: that you may know that I am the Lord, who sanctify you.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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In Context
12And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
Cross References
Exodus 31:17Between me and the children of Israel, and a perpetual sign. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and in the seventh he ceased from work.
Leviticus 19:30Keep ye my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary. I am the Lord.
Leviticus 21:8And offer the leaves of proposition. Let them therefore be holy, because I also am holy, the Lord, who sanctify them.
Leviticus 25:2Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: When you shall have entered into the land which I will give you, observe the rest of the sabbath to the Lord.
Nehemiah 9:14Thou madest known to them thy holy sabbath, and didst prescribe to them commandments, and ceremonies, and the law by the hand of Moses thy servant.
Ezekiel 20:20And sanctify my sabbaths, that they may be a sign between me and you: and that you may know that I am the Lord your God.
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 →