Exodus 31:17

between Me and the sons of Israel it [is] a sign — to the age; for six days Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, and in the seventh day He hath ceased, and is refreshed.'

Young's Literal Translation

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

16and the sons of Israel have observed the sabbath; to keep the sabbath to their generations [is] a covenant age-during,

18And He giveth unto Moses, when He finisheth speaking with him in mount Sinai, two tables of the testimony, tables of stone, written by the finger of God.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:31And God seeth all that He hath done, and lo, very good; and there is an evening, and there is a morning — day the sixth.

Exodus 31:13'And thou, speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, Only, My sabbaths ye do keep, for it [is] a sign between Me and you, to your generations, to know that I, Jehovah, am sanctifying you;

Psalms 104:31The honour of Jehovah is to the age, Jehovah rejoiceth in His works,

Ezekiel 20:12And also My sabbaths I have given to them, To be for a sign between Me and them, To know that I [am] Jehovah their sanctifier.

Hebrews 4:3for we do enter into the rest — we who did believe, as He said, 'So I sware in My anger, If they shall enter into My rest — ;' and yet the works were done 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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