Exodus 31:12-17

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The Day of Rest

¹² Then the Lord said to Moses, ¹³ “Tell the ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel], ‘You must ·keep the rules about [^Lguard; keep] my Sabbaths, because they will be a sign [^Creminders of the covenant; 9:13; 17:11] between you and me from now on. In this way you will know that I, the Lord, make you holy.

¹⁴ “‘·Make the Sabbath a holy day [^LKeep/Guard the Sabbath for it is holy]. If anyone ·treats the Sabbath like any other day [profanes/desecrates the Sabbath] that person must be put to death; anyone who works on the Sabbath day must be cut off from his people [20:8–11]. ¹⁵ There are six days for working, but the seventh day is a day of rest, a day holy for the Lord. Anyone who works during the Sabbath day must be put to death. ¹⁶ The ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel] must ·remember [keep; guard] the Sabbath day as an ·agreement [covenant; treaty] between them and me ·that will continue from now on [^Lthroughout their generations]. ¹⁷ The Sabbath day will be a sign between me and the ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel] forever, because in six days I, the Lord, made the ·sky [heavens] and the earth. On the seventh day I did not work; I rested [Gen. 2:1–3].’”