Exodus 31:14

¹² And the LORD said to Moses,

¹³ “Tell the Israelites, ‘Surely you must keep My Sabbaths, for this will be a sign between Me and you for the generations to come, so that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

Keep the Sabbath, for it is holy to you. Anyone who profanes it must surely be put to death. Whoever does any work on that day must be cut off from among his people.

¹⁵ For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day must surely be put to death.

¹⁶ The Israelites must keep the Sabbath, celebrating it as a permanent covenant for the generations to come.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Keep the Sabbath, for it is holy to you. Anyone who profanes it must surely be put to death. Whoever does any work on that day must be cut off from among his people.
KJV: 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.
WEB: You shall keep the Sabbath therefore, for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
ASV: Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that profaneth it shall surely be put to death; for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
DARBY: Keep the sabbath, therefore; for it is holy unto you; every one that profaneth it shall certainly be put to death: yea, whoever doeth work on it, that soul shall be cut off from among his peoples.
BLB: And you⁺ shall keep the Sabbath, for it [is] holy to you⁺. Everyone who profanes [it], he must surely be put to death, for every doer of work on it, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

ÅB: Derfor skal dere holde sabbaten; den skal være dere hellig; den som vanhelliger den, skal late livet; hver den som gjør noe arbeid på den dag, han skal utryddes av sitt folk.
OTB: Derfor må dere holde sabbaten, for den er hellig for dere. Enhver som vanhelliger den, må dø; den som gjør noe arbeid på den dagen, skal utryddes fra sitt folk.
B1930: Derfor skal I holde sabbaten; den skal være eder hellig; den som vanhelliger den, skal visselig late livet; hver den som gjør noget arbeid på den dag, han skal utryddes av sitt folk.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Exodus 35:2–3
For six days work may be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on that day must be put to death.
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Numbers 15:32–36
While the Israelites were in the wilderness, a man was found gathering wood on the Sabbath day.
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Exodus 20:8
Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.
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Isaiah 58:13–14
If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable, if you honor it by not going your own way or seeking your own pleasure or speaking idle words,
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Ezekiel 20:21
But the children rebelled against Me. They did not walk in My statutes or carefully observe My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they profaned My Sabbaths. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the wilderness.
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Ezekiel 44:24
In any dispute, they shall officiate as judges and judge according to My ordinances. They must keep My laws and statutes regarding all My appointed feasts, and they must keep My Sabbaths holy.
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Deuteronomy 5:12–15
Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you.
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Ezekiel 20:16
because they kept rejecting My ordinances, refusing to walk in My statutes, and profaning My Sabbaths; for their hearts continually went after their idols.
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