Jeremiah 17:21 References
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'Thus says the Lord, "aTake heed for yourselves, and bdo not carry any load on the sabbath day or bring anything in through the gates of Jerusalem.
b Numbers 15:32-36, Nehemiah 13:15-21, John 5:9-12
Numbers 15
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Now while the sons of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man agathering wood on the sabbath day.
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Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation;
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Then the Lord said to Moses, "The man shall surely be put to death; aall the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp."
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So all the congregation brought him outside the camp and stoned him to death with stones, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
Nehemiah 13
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In those days I saw in Judah some who were treading wine presses aon the sabbath, and bringing in sacks of grain and loading them on donkeys, as well as wine, grapes, figs and all kinds of loads, band they brought them into Jerusalem on the sabbath day. So cI admonished them on the day they sold food.
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Also men of Tyre were living there who imported fish and all kinds of merchandise, and sold them to the sons of Judah on the sabbath, even in Jerusalem.
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Then aI reprimanded the nobles of Judah and said to them, "What is this evil thing you are doing, by profaning the sabbath day?
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"aDid not your fathers do the same, so that our God brought on us and on this city all this trouble? Yet you are adding to the wrath on Israel by profaning the sabbath."
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aIt came about that just as it grew dark at the gates of Jerusalem before the sabbath, I commanded that the doors should be shut and that they should not open them until after the sabbath. Then I stationed some of my servants at the gates so that no load would enter on the sabbath day.
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Once or twice the traders and merchants of every kind of merchandise spent the night outside Jerusalem.
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Then aI warned them and said to them, "Why do you spend the night in front of the wall? If you do so again, I will use force against you." From that time on they did not come on the sabbath.
John 5
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Immediately the man became well, and picked up his pallet and began to walk.
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So athe Jews were saying to the man who was cured, "It is the Sabbath, and bit is not permissible for you to carry your pallet."
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But he answered them, "He who made me well was the one who said to me, 'Pick up your pallet and walk.'"
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They asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, 'Pick up your pallet and walk'?"