Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Let the children of Israel keep the sabbath, and celebrate it in their generations. It is an everlasting covenant a perpetual covenant Genesis 9:13 I will set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be the sign of a covenant between me and between the earth. Genesis 17:11 And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, that it may be for a sign of the covenant between me and you. Jeremiah 50:5 They shall ask the way to Sion, their faces are hitherward. They shall come, and shall be joined to the Lord by an everlasting covenant, which shall never be forgotten. Context The Sign of the Sabbath…15Six days shall you do work: in the seventh day is the sabbath, the rest holy to the Lord. Every one that shall do any work on this day, shall die. 16Let the children of Israel keep the sabbath, and celebrate it in their generations. It is an everlasting covenant17Between me and the children of Israel, and a perpetual sign. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and in the seventh he ceased from work.… Cross References Exodus 31:15 Six days shall you do work: in the seventh day is the sabbath, the rest holy to the Lord. Every one that shall do any work on this day, shall die. Exodus 31:17 Between me and the children of Israel, and a perpetual sign. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and in the seventh he ceased from work. Isaiah 58:13 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy own will in my holy day, and call the sabbath delightful, and the holy of the Lord glorious, and glorify him, while thou dost not thy own ways, and thy own will is not found, to speak a word: Lexicon The Israelitesבְנֵֽי־ (ḇə·nê-) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son must observe וְשָׁמְר֥וּ (wə·šā·mə·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to the Sabbath, הַשַּׁבָּ֑ת (haš·šab·bāṯ) Article | Noun - common singular Strong's Hebrew 7676: Intermission, the Sabbath celebrating לַעֲשׂ֧וֹת (la·‘ă·śō·wṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make it הַשַּׁבָּ֛ת (haš·šab·bāṯ) Article | Noun - common singular Strong's Hebrew 7676: Intermission, the Sabbath as a lasting עוֹלָֽם׃ (‘ō·w·lām) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5769: Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always covenant בְּרִ֥ית (bə·rîṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 1285: A covenant for the generations to come. לְדֹרֹתָ֖ם (lə·ḏō·rō·ṯām) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1755: A revolution of time, an age, generation, a dwelling Additional Translations The Israelites must observe the Sabbath, celebrating it as a lasting covenant for the generations to come.Why the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. And the children of Israel shall keep the sabbaths, to observe them throughout their generations. And the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations -- [it is] an everlasting covenant. Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. and the sons of Israel have observed the sabbath; to keep the sabbath to their generations is a covenant age-during, Jump to Previous Age-During Agreement Celebrate Celebrating Children Covenant Eternal Everlasting Generation Generations Holy Israel Israelites Lasting Observe Observed Observing Perpetual Sabbath Throughout WhereforeJump to Next Age-During Agreement Celebrate Celebrating Children Covenant Eternal Everlasting Generation Generations Holy Israel Israelites Lasting Observe Observed Observing Perpetual Sabbath Throughout WhereforeExternal Links Exodus 31:16 NIVExodus 31:16 NLT Exodus 31:16 ESV Exodus 31:16 NASB Exodus 31:16 ASV Exodus 31:16 Bible Apps Exodus 31:16 Biblia Paralela Exodus 31:16 Chinese Bible Exodus 31:16 French Bible Exodus 31:16 German Bible Alphabetical: a are as celebrate celebrating come covenant covenant' for generations Israel Israelites it lasting observe of perpetual Sabbath shall So sons The their throughout to OT Law: Exodus 31:16 Therefore the children of Israel shall keep (Exo. Ex) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |
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