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16 The Israelites[a] will pay attention to the Sabbath in order to fulfill the Sabbath[b] throughout their generations as a lasting covenant. 17 It is a sign between me and the Israelites[c] forever, because in six days Yahweh made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh he ceased[d] and recovered.”[e]

18 And when he finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, he gave to Moses the two tablets of the testimony, stone tablets, written with the finger of God.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 31:16 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  2. Exodus 31:16 Or “keep the Sabbath to do/observe the Sabbath”
  3. Exodus 31:17 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  4. Exodus 31:17 Or “rested”
  5. Exodus 31:17 Or “breathed freely,” “got his breath”