15 Six days shall men work, but in the seventh day is the Sabbath of the holy rest to the Lord: whosoever doeth any work in the Sabbath day, shall die the death.

16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, that they may observe the [a]rest throughout their generations for an everlasting Covenant.

17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel forever: (A)for in six days the Lord made the heaven and the earth, and in the seventh day [b]he ceased and rested.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 31:16 Or, Sabbath.
  2. Exodus 31:17 From creating his creatures, but not from governing and preserving them.

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