Genesis 2:1-3 — "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them."...cont.
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Exodus 20:11 — "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."
Exodus 31:17 — "It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed."
John 5:17 — "But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work."
Heb. 4:4 — "For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works."
Traces Of Its Observance In The Patriarchal Period.)
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Genesis 4:3-4 — "And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD."...cont.
Genesis 7:4 — "For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth."
Genesis 7:10 — "And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth."
Genesis 8:10 — "And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;"
Genesis 8:12 — "And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more."
Genesis 29:25-28 — "And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?"...cont.
Genesis 29:30 — "And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years."
Genesis 50:10 — "And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days."
After The Exodus, Before The Giving Of The Law.)
Exodus 16:22-30 — "And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses."...cont.
Solemnly Enjoined At Sinai.)
Deut 5:12-15 — "Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee."...cont.
And In The Mosaic Law.)
Lev. 19:30 — "Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD."
Lev. 26:2 — "Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD."
Its National Significance.)
Exodus 31:13 — "Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you."
Exodus 31:16-17 — "Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant."...cont.
Ezek. 20:4 — "Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? cause them to know the abominations of their fathers:"
Ezek. 20:11-12 — "And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them."...cont.
Ezek. 20:20 — "And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God."
Its Religious Character.)
A DAY OF REST.)
Exodus 23:12 — "Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed."
AND OF HOLY REST.)
Lev. 23:2-3 — "Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts."...cont.
Blessings Promised In The Observance Of It.)
Isaiah 56:1-2 — "Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed."...cont.
Isaiah 56:4-7 — "For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;"...cont.
Isaiah 58:13-14 — "If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:"...cont.
Jer. 17:24-26 — "And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith the LORD, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein;"...cont.
Threats For Violating It.)
Jer. 17:27 — "But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched."
Ezek. 20:21 — "Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness."
Death The Penalty.)
Exodus 31:14-15 — "Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people."...cont.
Exodus 35:2-3 — "Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death."...cont.
A Case Of Its Infliction.)
Num. 15:32-36 — "And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day."...cont.
The Sabbath Mocked By The Heathen.)
Lam. 1:7 — "Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the adversaries saw her, and did mock at her sabbaths."
Its Neglect By The Hebrews.)
Jer. 17:21-23 — "Thus saith the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;"...cont.
Ezek. 23:38 — "Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths."
Sabbath Desecration In The Time Of Nehemiah.)
Neh. 13:15-16 — "In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals."...cont.
A Stop Put To It.)
Neh. 13:17-22 — "Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?"...cont.
Neh. 10:31 — "And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt."
Jewish Traditional Observances.)
THE PREPARATION.)
Mark 15:42 — "And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,"
Luke 23:54 — "And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on."
THE SABBATH DAY's JOURNEY.)
Acts 1:12 — "Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey."
UNLAWFULNESS OF CARRYING A BED.)
John 5:10 — "The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed."
