Exodus 35:1–3 — Instructions for the rest day

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35:3 This is effectively a command not to do any cooking on the rest day.

Collected OET-RV cross-references

Exo 20:8-11:

8 Keep Saturday different from all the other days[ref]—

9 there’s six days every week for working.[ref]

10 The seventh day is a rest day for Yahweh your god: you mustn’t do any work—not you, or your children, or your male or female servants, or your cattle, or the foreigners living among you—

11 because Yahweh made the heavens and earth, the sea, and everything that’s in them in six days. Then he rested on the seventh day, so that’s why he blessed the rest day and made it sacred.[ref]

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8 Remember[fn] DOM the _day _of[fn] of_the _sabbath[fn] to_set_it _apart _as _holy[fn].
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9 Six _of[fn] days[fn] you _will _labour[fn] and_you _will _do[fn] all _of work _of_your[fn].
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10 And_the_day _of the_seventh[fn] is_a _sabbath[fn] to/for_YHWH god _of_your[fn] not you _must _do[fn] any _of work[fn] you and_son _of_your and_daughter _of_your[fn] servant _of_your_male[fn] and_your _female _of_servant[fn] and_livestock _of_your[fn] and_sojourner _of_your[fn] who[fn] is_in_gates _of_your[fn].
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11 If/because six _of days YHWH he _made DOM the_heavens and_DOM the_earth/land DOM the_sea and_DOM all _of that is_in_them and_he _rested in _the_day the_seventh therefore yes/correct/thus/so YHWH he _blessed DOM the _day _of the _sabbath and_he_set _it _apart _as _holy.

20:8 OSHB alternative note: זָכ֛וֹר: (x-accent)זָכוֹר֩

20:8 OSHB alternative note: י֥וֹם: (x-accent)י֨וֹם

20:8 OSHB alternative note: הַ/שַּׁבָּ֖ת: (x-accent)הַ/שַּׁבָּ֨ת

20:8 OSHB alternative note: לְ/קַדְּשֽׁ/וֹ: (x-accent)לְ/קַדְּשׁ֗/וֹ

20:8 OSHB note: BHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.

20:9 OSHB alternative note: שֵׁ֤שֶׁת: (x-accent)שֵׁ֣שֶׁת

20:9 OSHB alternative note: יָמִים֙: (x-accent)יָמִ֣ים

20:9 OSHB alternative note: תַּֽעֲבֹ֔ד: (x-accent)תַּֽעֲבֹד֮

20:9 OSHB alternative note: וְ/עָשִׂ֖יתָ: (x-accent)וְ/עָשִׂ֣יתָ

20:9 OSHB alternative note: מְלַאכְתֶּֽ/ךָ: (x-accent)מְלַאכְתֶּ/ךָ֒

20:9 OSHB note: BHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.

20:10 OSHB alternative note: הַ/שְּׁבִיעִ֔י: (x-accent)הַ/שְּׁבִיעִ֜י

20:10 OSHB alternative note: שַׁבָּ֖ת: (x-accent)שַׁבָּ֣ת׀

20:10 OSHB alternative note: אֱלֹהֶ֑י/ךָ: (x-accent)אֱלֹהֶ֗י/ךָ

20:10 OSHB alternative note: תַעֲשֶׂ֨ה: (x-accent)תַעֲשֶׂ֣ה

20:10 OSHB alternative note: מְלָאכָ֜ה: (x-accent)מְלָאכָ֡ה

20:10 OSHB alternative note: וּ/בִתֶּ֗/ךָ: (x-accent)וּ֠/בִתֶּ/ךָ

20:10 OSHB alternative note: עַבְדְּ/ךָ֤: (x-accent)עַבְדְּ/ךָ֨

20:10 OSHB alternative note: וַ/אֲמָֽתְ/ךָ֙: (x-accent)וַ/אֲמָֽתְ/ךָ֜

20:10 OSHB alternative note: וּ/בְהֶמְתֶּ֔/ךָ: (x-accent)וּ/בְהֶמְתֶּ֗/ךָ

20:10 OSHB alternative note: וְ/גֵרְ/ךָ֖: (x-accent)וְ/גֵרְ/ךָ֙

20:10 OSHB alternative note: אֲשֶׁ֥ר: (x-accent)אֲשֶׁ֣ר

20:10 OSHB alternative note: בִּ/שְׁעָרֶֽי/ךָ: (x-accent)בִּ/שְׁעָרֶ֔י/ךָ

20:10 OSHB note: BHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.

20:8: Exo 16:23-30; 31:12-14.

20:9-10: Exo 23:12; 31:15; 34:21; 35:2; Lev 23:3.

20:11: Gen 2:1-3; Exo 31:17.

23:12:

12 Six days You should work for six days, then on the seventh day you must rest so that your cow and your donkey can rest, and the children of your slaves and the foreigner staying in your land can be refreshed.[ref]