Exodus 35:2

Rest and sabbath

¹ Then Moses assembled the whole congregation of Israel and said to them, “These are the things that the LORD has commanded you to do:

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.

³ Do not light a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath day.”

⁴ Moses also told the whole congregation of Israel, “This is what the LORD has commanded:

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: 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.
KJV: Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.
WEB: ‘Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of solemn rest to the LORD: whoever does any work in it shall be put to death.
ASV: Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of solemn rest to Jehovah: whosoever doeth any work therein shall be put to death.
DARBY: Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of rest to Jehovah: whoever does work on it shall be put to death.
BLB: Six days work shall be done, and the seventh day shall be for you⁺ holy, a Sabbath of complete rest to YHWH. Every doer of work on it shall be put to death.

ÅB: I seks dager skal der gjøres arbeid, men den syvende dag skal dere holde hellig hvile, en høyhellig sabbat for Herren; enhver som gjør noe arbeid på den dag, skal lide døden.
OTB: I seks dager skal arbeid gjøres, men den sjuende dagen skal være en hellig dag for dere, en sabbat med fullstendig hvile for Herren. Den som gjør noe arbeid på den, skal dø.
B1930: I seks dager skal der gjøres arbeid, men den syvende dag skal I holde hellig hvile, en høihellig sabbat for Herren; enhver som gjør noget arbeid på den dag, skal lide døden.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Leviticus 23:3
For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a day of sacred assembly. You must not do any work; wherever you live, it is a Sabbath to the LORD.
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Luke 13:14–15
But the synagogue leader was indignant that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath. “There are six days for work,” he told the crowd. “So come and be healed on those days and not on the Sabbath.”
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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 34:21
Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even in the seasons of plowing and harvesting, you must rest.
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Exodus 20:9–10
Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
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Hebrews 10:28–29
Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
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Exodus 23:12
For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be refreshed, as well as the foreign resident.
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Exodus 31:13–16
“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.
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