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Exodus 31:15-17
Lexham English Bible

15 On six days work can be done, and on the seventh is a Sabbath of complete rest,[a] a holy day[b] for Yahweh; anyone doing work on the Sabbath day will surely be put to death. 16 The Israelites[c] will pay attention to the Sabbath in order to fulfill the Sabbath[d] throughout their generations as a lasting covenant. 17 It is a sign between me and the Israelites[e] forever, because in six days Yahweh made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh he ceased[f] and recovered.”[g]

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 31:15 Literally “a Sabbath of ‘Sabbathation.’” “Sabbathation” is not a real word, but devised as an attempt to convey the sounds of the related nouns in the Hebrew phrase
  2. Exodus 31:15 Literally “holiness”
  3. Exodus 31:16 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  4. Exodus 31:16 Or “keep the Sabbath to do/observe the Sabbath”
  5. Exodus 31:17 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  6. Exodus 31:17 Or “rested”
  7. Exodus 31:17 Or “breathed freely,” “got his breath”
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