Exodus 20:8-11

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⁸“Remember the Sabbath^(A) day by keeping it holy. ⁹Six days you shall labor and do all your work,^(B) ¹⁰but the seventh day is a sabbath^(C) to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns. ¹¹For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth,^(D) the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested^(E) on the seventh day.^(F) Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

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Exodus 31:13-17

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¹³“Say to the Israelites, ‘You must observe my Sabbaths.^(A) This will be a sign^(B) between me and you for the generations to come,^(C) so you may know that I am the Lord, who makes you holy.^(D)

¹⁴“‘Observe the Sabbath, because it is holy to you. Anyone who desecrates it is to be put to death;^(E) those who do any work on that day must be cut off from their people. ¹⁵For six days work^(F) is to be done, but the seventh day is a day of sabbath rest,^(G) holy to the Lord. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day is to be put to death. ¹⁶The Israelites are to observe the Sabbath,^(H) celebrating it for the generations to come as a lasting covenant. ¹⁷It will be a sign^(I) between me and the Israelites forever, for in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.^(J)’”^(K)

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Isaiah 58:13

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¹³“If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath^(A)
    and from doing as you please on my holy day,
if you call the Sabbath a delight^(B)
    and the Lord’s holy day honorable,
and if you honor it by not going your own way
    and not doing as you please or speaking idle words,^(C)