Exodus 31:15 “For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of com…”

Exodus 31:15

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall surely be put to death.

American Standard Version

Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, holy to Jehovah: whosoever doeth any work on the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.

Geneva Bible 1599

Sixe dayes shall men worke, but in the seuenth day is the Sabbath of the holy rest to the Lord: whosoeuer doeth any worke in the Sabbath day, shall dye the death.

Darby Translation

Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, holy to Jehovah: whoever doeth work on the sabbath day shall certainly be put to death.

Young's Literal Translation

'Six days is work done, and in the seventh day [is] a sabbath of holy rest to Jehovah; any who doeth work in the sabbath-day is certainly put to death,

Bible in Basic English

Six days may work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the Lord; whoever does any work on the Sabbath day is to be put to death.

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Cross references

“Six days”

Leviticus 23:3 Exodus 34:21 Exodus 31:17 Luke 13:14 Exodus 16:26 Ezekiel 46:1

Leviticus 23:3 · BSB

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.

Exodus 34:21 · BSB

Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even in the seasons of plowing and harvesting, you must rest.

Exodus 31:17 · BSB

It is a sign between Me and the Israelites forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, but on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.’”

Luke 13:14 · BSB

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.”

Exodus 16:26 · BSB

For six days you may gather, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, it will not be there.”

Ezekiel 46:1 · BSB

“This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The gate of the inner court that faces east must be kept shut during the six days of work, but on the Sabbath day and on the day of the New Moon it shall be opened.

“the sabbath”

Genesis 2:2 Exodus 16:23 Luke 23:56 Leviticus 23:32 Hebrews 4:9 Exodus 20:10

Genesis 2:2 · BSB

And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.

Exodus 16:23 · BSB

He told them, “This is what the LORD has said: ‘Tomorrow is to be a day of complete rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD. So bake what you want to bake, and boil what you want to boil. Then set aside whatever remains and kee…

Luke 23:56 · BSB

Then they returned to prepare spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath, according to the commandment.

Leviticus 23:32 · BSB

It will be a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you shall humble yourselves. From the evening of the ninth day of the month until the following evening you are to keep your Sabbath.”

Hebrews 4:9 · BSB

There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God.

Exodus 20:10 · BSB

but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates.

“whosoever”

Jeremiah 17:24–27 Numbers 15:32–36

Jeremiah 17:24–27 · BSB

If, however, you listen carefully to Me, says the LORD, and bring no load through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, and keep the Sabbath day holy, and do no work on it,

Numbers 15:32–36 · BSB

While the Israelites were in the wilderness, a man was found gathering wood on the Sabbath day.

Also

Exodus 35:2 Exodus 31:14 Exodus 20:8–11

Exodus 35:2 · 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.

Exodus 31:14 · 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.

Exodus 20:8–11 · BSB

Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

14Keep 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.

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

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