Exodus 31:14

So you must keep the Sabbath, for it must be treated by you as holy, reserved for him. Everyone who defiles it must surely be put to death. Whoever works on the Sabbath, that person must surely be cut off from his people.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

13“Tell the Israelites: 'You must certainly keep Yahweh's Sabbath days, for these will be a sign between him and you throughout your people's generations so that you may know that he is Yahweh, who sets you apart for himself.

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

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Cross References

Exodus 30:33Whoever makes perfume like it, or whoever puts any of it on someone, that person must be cut off from his people.'”

Exodus 35:2On six days work may be done, but for you, the seventh day must be a holy day, a Sabbath day of complete rest, holy to Yahweh. Whoever does any work on that day must be put to death.

Numbers 15:35Then Yahweh said to Moses, “The man must surely be put to death. All the community must stone him with stones outside the camp.”

Nehemiah 9:14You made your holy Sabbath known to them, and you gave them commandments and statutes and a law through Moses your servant.

Isaiah 58:13Suppose that you turn back your feet from traveling on the Sabbath day, and from doing your own pleasure on my holy day. 1 Suppose that you call the Sabbath a delight, and that you call the matters of Yahweh holy and honored. 1 Suppose that you honor the Sabbath by leaving your own business, and by not finding your own pleasure and by not speaking your own words. 1

Ezekiel 20:16I swore this because they had rejected my decrees and did not walk in my statutes, and they profaned my Sabbaths, since their hearts walked after their idols.

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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