Exodus 31:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The Israelites must keep the Sabbath, celebrating it as a permanent covenant for the generations to come.”
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“The Israelites must keep the Sabbath, celebrating it as a permanent covenant for the generations to come.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and the sons of Israel have observed the sabbath; to keep the sabbath to their generations <FI>is<Fi> a covenant age-during,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Exodus 31:16 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 9:13I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.
- Genesis 17:11You are to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and this will be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.
- Nehemiah 13:15In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them against selling food on that day.
- Jeremiah 50:5They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward it. They will come and join themselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.
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