Exodus 20:11 BSB — MannaFest

Exodus 20:11

For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.

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ASV

for in six days Jehovah made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore Jehovah blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

KJV

For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

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Original language & word study

26 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּ֣י	ki	for	H3588 →
שֵֽׁשֶׁת־	she.shet-	six	H8337 →
יָמִים֩	ya.Mim	days	H3117 →
עָשָׂ֨ה	'a.Sah	he made	H6213 →
יְהוָ֜ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם	ha.sha.Ma.yim	the heavens	H8064 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
הָאָ֗רֶץ	ha.'A.retz	the earth	H776 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַיָּם֙	hai.Yam	the sea	H3220 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	that	H834 →
בָּ֔ם	Bam	[is] in <the> them
וַיָּ֖נַח	vai.Ya.nach	and he rested	H5117 →
בַּיּ֣וֹם	bai.Yom	on the day	H3117 →
הַשְּׁבִיעִ֑י	ha.she.vi.'I	<the> seventh	H7637 →
עַל־	'al-	there-	H5921 →
כֵּ֗ן	Ken	-fore	H3651 →
בֵּרַ֧ךְ	be.Rakh	he blessed	H1288 →
יְהוָ֛ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
י֥וֹם	Yom	[the] day of	H3117 →
הַשַּׁבָּ֖ת	ha.sha.Bat	the sabbath	H7676 →
וַֽיְקַדְּשֵֽׁהוּ׃ ס	Vay.ka.de.She.hu	and he set apart as holy it	H6942 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Exodus 31:17
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.’”
leads to
- Genesis 1:31
  And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.
- Exodus 31:13
  “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…
- Genesis 2:2–3
  And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.
- Ezekiel 20:12
  I also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us, so that they would know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
- Hebrews 4:10
  For whoever enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His.