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Exodus 31:16

Israel
Rest and sabbathCovenant and promises

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 days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.

Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.

17 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.

18 And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.

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BSB
The Israelites must keep the Sabbath, celebrating it as a permanent covenant for the generations to come.
KJV
Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
WEB
Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
ASV
Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
DARBY
And the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations [it is] an everlasting covenant.
BLB
And the sons of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to do the Sabbath throughout their generations [as] an everlasting covenant.
ÅB
Og Israels barn skal ta vare på sabbaten, så de holder den slekt etter slekt, en evig pakt.
OTB
Israelittene skal holde sabbaten, feire den gjennom sine generasjoner som en varig pakt.
B1930
Og Israels barn skal ta vare på sabbaten, så de holder den slekt efter slekt, en evig pakt.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 50:5

    They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.

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  • Genesis 17:11

    And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.

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  • Genesis 9:13

    I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.

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