Exodus 31:16

And the sons of Israel shall keep the Sabbath to fulfil (perform) the Sabbath unto their generations, a statute forever.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

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

In Context

15Six days shalt thou do work, and the seventh day is Sabbath, the Holy Sabbath before the Lord: whosoever doeth work on the day of the Sabbath, dying, he shall die.

17Between My Word and the sons of Israel it is a sign forever for in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth; and in the seventh day rested and was refreshed.

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Cross References

Genesis 9:13I have set My bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of the covenant between My Word and between the earth.

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 →

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