Exodus 31:12-14

Expanded Bible

The Day of Rest

¹² Then the Lord said to Moses, ¹³ “Tell the ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel], ‘You must ·keep the rules about [^Lguard; keep] my Sabbaths, because they will be a sign [^Creminders of the covenant; 9:13; 17:11] between you and me from now on. In this way you will know that I, the Lord, make you holy.

¹⁴ “‘·Make the Sabbath a holy day [^LKeep/Guard the Sabbath for it is holy]. If anyone ·treats the Sabbath like any other day [profanes/desecrates the Sabbath] that person must be put to death; anyone who works on the Sabbath day must be cut off from his people [20:8–11].