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Exodus 31:17

The Sabbath will always be a sign between Yahweh and the Israelites, for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.'”

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In The King James Version

It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.

In Context

16Therefore the Israelites must keep the Sabbath. They must observe it throughout their people's generations as a permanent law.

18When God had finished talking with Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him two tablets of covenant decrees, made of stone, written on by his own hand.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:31God saw everything that he had made. Behold, it was very good. This was evening and morning, the sixth day.

Exodus 31:13“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.

Psalms 104:31May the glory of Yahweh last forever; 1 may Yahweh enjoy his creation. 1

Ezekiel 20:12I also gave them my Sabbaths as a sign between myself and them, for them to know that I am Yahweh who makes them holy.

Hebrews 4:3For we who have believed enter that rest, just as he said, 1 “As I swore in my wrath, 1 They will never enter my rest.” Even so, his works were finished from the foundation of the world.

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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