22 Bible Verses about Sabbaths Instituted

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Genesis 2:2-3

And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had made. And He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made. And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He had rested from all His work which God created to make.

Exodus 31:17

It is a sign between Me and the sons of Israel forever. For in six days Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day He rested, and was refreshed.

Hebrews 4:4

For He spoke in a certain place of the seventh day in this way: "And God rested the seventh day from all His works."

Exodus 16:23

And he said to them, This is that which Jehovah has said, Tomorrow is the rest of the holy sabbath to Jehovah. Bake what you will bake today, and boil what you will boil. And that which remains over, lay up for you to be kept until the morning.

Exodus 31:15

Six days may work be done, but on the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to Jehovah. Whoever does any work in the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.

Exodus 35:2-3

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 in it shall be put to death. You shall kindle no fire throughout your living places upon the Sabbath day.

Exodus 16:30

So the people rested on the seventh day.

Leviticus 23:3

Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, a holy convocation. You shall not do any work. It is a sabbath to Jehovah in all your dwellings.

Exodus 20:10

But the seventh day is the Sabbath of Jehovah your God. You shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your manservant, nor your maidservant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger within your gates.

Exodus 23:12

You shall do your work six days, and on the seventh day you shall rest, so that your ox and your ass may rest, and the son of your handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.

Numbers 28:9

And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot, and two-tenth parts of flour for a food offering, mixed with oil, and its drink offering;

Numbers 28:10

this is the burnt offering of every sabbath, besides the continual burnt offering, and its drink offering.

Nehemiah 9:14

And You made known to them Your holy sabbath, and commanded them commandments, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses Your servant.

Ezekiel 20:12

And also I gave them My sabbaths to be a sign between Me and them, that they might know that I am Jehovah who sets them apart.

Ezekiel 20:20

and keep My sabbaths holy; and they shall be a sign between Me and you, that you may know that I am Jehovah your God.

Leviticus 23:24

Speak to the sons of Israel saying: In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, you shall have a sabbath, a memorial summons, a holy convocation.

Leviticus 16:31

It shall be a sabbath of rest to you, and you shall afflict your souls, by a statute forever.

Leviticus 23:32

It shall be to you a sabbath of rest, and you shall humble your souls. In the ninth of the month at evening, from evening to evening, you shall keep your sabbath.

Leviticus 23:39

Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the fruit of the land, you shall keep a feast to Jehovah seven days. On the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath.

Leviticus 23:38

besides the sabbath of Jehovah, and besides your gifts, and besides all your vows, and besides all your free-will offerings which you give to Jehovah.

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