Exodus 35:3

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“ye do not burn a fire in any of your dwellings on the sabbath-day.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Exodus 35:3 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 12:16On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly, and another on the seventh day. You must not do any work on those days, except to prepare the meals—that is all you may do.
  2. Exodus 16:23He 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.’”
  3. Numbers 15:32While the Israelites were in the wilderness, a man was found gathering wood on the Sabbath day.
  4. Isaiah 58:13If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable, if you honor it by not going your own way or seeking your own pleasure or speaking idle words,

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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