Sabbath

How Nave’s arranged it

• Signifying a period of restGenesis 2:2Genesis 2:3Leviticus 23Leviticus 25Leviticus 26:34Leviticus 26:35
• Preparations for theExodus 16:22Matthew 27:62Mark 15:42Luke 23:54John 19:31
• Religious usages on theGenesis 2:3Mark 6:2Luke 4:16Luke 4:31Luke 6:6Luke 13:10Acts 13:14
• Sacrifices on theNumbers 28:9Numbers 28:10Ezekiel 46:4Ezekiel 46:5
• UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TOGenesis 2:2Genesis 2:3Exodus 16:5Exodus 16:23–30Exodus 20:8–11Exodus 23:12Exodus 31:13–17Exodus 34:21Exodus 35:2Exodus 35:3Leviticus 16:29–31Leviticus 19:3Leviticus 19:30Leviticus 23:1–3Leviticus 23:27–32Leviticus 24:8Leviticus 26:2Leviticus 26:34Leviticus 26:35Numbers 15:32–36
• OBSERVANCE OF
• By MosesNumbers 15:32–34
• By NehemiahNehemiah 13:15Nehemiah 13:21
• By the women preparing to embalm the corpse of JesusLuke 23:56
• By PaulActs 13:14
• By the disciplesActs 16:13
• By JohnRevelation 1:10

The passages, in Bible order (96)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 2:2

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

   ›Commentary on Genesis 2:22 voices

   “And on the seventh day God ended his work, which he had made,.... Not that God wrought anything on the seventh day, or finished any part of his work on that day, because he could not then be said to rest from all his work, as be is afterwards twice said to do; and because of this seeming difficulty the Septuagint, Samaritan, and Syriac versions, read, "on the sixth day".

   “On the Seventh day God ended, etc. - It is the general voice of Scripture that God finished the whole of the creation in six days, and rested the seventh! giving us an example that we might labor six days, and rest the seventh from all manual exercises. It is worthy of notice that the Septuagint, the Syriac, and the Samaritan, read the sixth day instead of the seventh; and this should be considered the genuine reading, which appears from these versions to have been originally that of the Hebrew text.

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2. Genesis 2:3

   Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 2:31 voice

   “And God blessed the seventh day - The original word ברך barach, which is generally rendered to bless, has a very extensive meaning. It is frequently used in Scripture in the sense of speaking good of or to a person; and hence literally and properly rendered by the Septuagint ευλογησεν, from ευ, good or well, and λεγω, I speak. So God has spoken well of the Sabbath, and good to them who conscientiously observe it.

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3. Exodus 16:5

   Then on the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring in, it will be twice as much as they gather on the other days.”

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4. Exodus 16:22

   On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much food—two omers per person—and all the leaders of the congregation came and reported this to Moses.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 16:222 voices

   “Though it may be exhaled by the heat and afterwards fall with the dew, it is a medicine, not food--it is well known to the natives of the desert, while the Israelites were strangers to theirs; and in taste as well as in the appearance of double quantity on Friday, none on Sabbath, and in not breeding worms, it is essentially different from the manna furnished to the Israelites.

   “On the sixth day they gathered twice as much - This they did that they might have a provision for the Sabbath, for on that day no manna fell, Exo 16:26, Exo 16:27. What a convincing miracle was this! No manna fell on the Sabbath! Had it been a natural production it would have fallen on the Sabbath as at other times; and had there not been a supernatural influence to keep it sweet and pure, it would have been corrupted on the Sabbath as well as on other days.

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5. Exodus 16:23–30

   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 keep it until morning.’”

   ›Commentary on Exodus 16:23–302 voices

   “Here is a plain intimation of the observing a seventh day sabbath, not only before the giving of the law upon Mount Sinai, but before the bringing of Israel out of Egypt and therefore from the beginning.

   “Though it may be exhaled by the heat and afterwards fall with the dew, it is a medicine, not food--it is well known to the natives of the desert, while the Israelites were strangers to theirs; and in taste as well as in the appearance of double quantity on Friday, none on Sabbath, and in not breeding worms, it is essentially different from the manna furnished to the Israelites.

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6. Exodus 16:27

   Yet on the seventh day some of the people went out to gather, but they did not find anything.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 16:272 voices

   “Though it may be exhaled by the heat and afterwards fall with the dew, it is a medicine, not food--it is well known to the natives of the desert, while the Israelites were strangers to theirs; and in taste as well as in the appearance of double quantity on Friday, none on Sabbath, and in not breeding worms, it is essentially different from the manna furnished to the Israelites.

   “There went out some of the people - This was an act of willful disobedience. It is remarkable, being the first violation of the express command, that it was not visited by a signal chastisement: the rest and peace of the “holy Sabbath” were not disturbed by a manifestation of wrath.

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7. Exodus 20:8–11

   Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 20:8–112 voices

   “A late pious Writer seems to prove, That the sabbath was changed, when Israel came out of Egypt; which change continued till our Lord rose again: But that then the Original Sabbath was restored. And he makes it highly probable, at least, That the sabbath we observe, is the seventh day from the creation.

   “Remember the sabbath day--implying it was already known, and recognized as a season of sacred rest. The first four commandments [Ex 20:3-11] comprise our duties to God--the other six [Ex 20:12-17] our duties to our fellow men; and as interpreted by Christ, they reach to the government of the heart as well as the lip (Mt 5:17).

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8. 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.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 23:121 voice

   “Six days thou shalt do thy work - Though they were thus bound to keep the sabbatical year, yet they must not neglect the seventh day’s rest or weekly Sabbath; for that was of perpetual obligation, and was paramount to all others. That the sanctification of the Sabbath was of great consequence in the sight of God, we may learn from the various repetitions of this law; and we may observe that it has still for its object, not only the benefit of the soul, but the health and comfort of the body also. Doth God care for oxen?

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9. Exodus 31:13–17

   “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.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 31:13–172 voices

   “Note, If God by his grace incline our hearts to keep the law of the fourth commandment, it will be an evidence of a good work wrought in us by his Spirit. If we sanctify God's day, it is a sign between him and us that he has sanctified our hearts: hence it is the character of the blessed man that he keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, Isa. lvi.

   “They might suppose that the erection of the tabernacle was a sacred work, and that it would be a high merit, an acceptable tribute, to prosecute the undertaking without the interruption of a day's repose; and therefore the caution here given, at the commencement of the undertaking, was a seasonable admonition.

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10. 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.

    ›Commentary on Exodus 34:212 voices

    “In earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest - This commandment is worthy of especial note; many break the Sabbath on the pretense of absolute necessity, because, if in harvest time the weather happens to be what is called bad, and the Sabbath day be fair and fine, they judge it perfectly lawful to employ that day in endeavoring to save the fruits of the field, and think that the goodness of the day beyond the preceding, is an indication from Providence that it should be thus employed. But is not the above command pointed directly against this?

    “Here is a repetition of several appointments made before, especially relating to their solemn feasts: when they had made the calf they proclaimed a feast in honour of it; now, that they might never do so again, they are here charged with the observance of the feasts which God had instituted.

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11. Exodus 35:2

    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.

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12. Exodus 35:3

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

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13. Leviticus 16:29–31

    This is to be a permanent statute for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month, you shall humble yourselves and not do any work—whether the native or the foreigner who resides among you—

    ›Commentary on Leviticus 16:29–312 voices

    “This feast began in the evening of the ninth day, and continued till the evening of the tenth. Your souls - Yourselves, both your bodies, by abstinence from food and other delights, and your minds by grief for former sins, which though bitter, yet is voluntary in all true penitents, who are therefore here said to afflict themselves, or to be active in the work.

    “Seventh month, on the tenth day - The month Ethanim or Tisri, as being the seventh in the Sacred year, has been called the sabbatical month. On the first day was celebrated the Feast of Trumpets Lev 23:24, the tenth day was the Day of Atonement, and on the fourteenth day the Feast of tabernacles commenced (Lev 23:24 note; Exo 23:16). Afflict your souls - The old term for fasting; but its meaning evidently embraces, not only abstinence from food, but that penitence and humiliation which give scope and purpose to the outward act of fasting.

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14. Leviticus 19:3

    Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.

    ›Commentary on Leviticus 19:31 voice

    “Compare Exo 20:8, Exo 20:12; Exo 31:13-14. The two laws repeated here are the only laws in the Decalogue which assume a positive shape, all the others being introduced by the formula, “Thou shalt not.” These express two great central points, the first belonging to natural law and the second to positive law, in the maintenance of the well-being of the social body of which Yahweh was the acknowledged king.

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15. Leviticus 19:30

    You must keep My Sabbaths and have reverence for My sanctuary. I am the LORD.

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16. Leviticus 23:1

    Then the LORD said to Moses,

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