Exodus 35:1-3

New International Reader's Version

Rules for the Sabbath Day

35 Moses gathered the whole community of Israel together. He said to them, “Here are the things the Lord has commanded you to do. ² You must do your work in six days. But the seventh day will be your holy day. It will be a day of sabbath rest to honor the Lord. You must rest on it. Anyone who does any work on it must be put to death. ³ Do not even light a fire in any of your homes on the Sabbath day.”