Exodus 23:12 References

12 "aSix days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you shall cease from labor so that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your female slave, as well as your stranger, may refresh themselves.

a Exodus 20:8-11, Exodus 31:15, Exodus 34:21, Exodus 35:2, Exodus 35:3, Leviticus 23:3, Deuteronomy 5:13


Exodus 20

8 "Remember athe sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9 "aSix days you shall labor and do all your work,
10 but the seventh day is a sabbath of the Lord your God; in it ayou shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter, your male or your female servant or your cattle or your sojourner who stays with you.
11 "aFor in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and made it holy.

Exodus 31

15 'aFor six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there is a bsabbath of complete rest, holy to the Lord; cwhoever does any work on the sabbath day shall surely be put to death.

Exodus 34

21 "You shall work asix days, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even during plowing time and harvest you shall rest.

Exodus 35

2 "aFor six days work may be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a holy day, ba sabbath of complete rest to the Lord; cwhoever does any work on it shall be put to death.

Exodus 35

3 "aYou shall not kindle a fire in any of your dwellings on the sabbath day."

Leviticus 23

3 'aFor six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there is a sabbath of complete rest, a holy convocation. You shall not do any work; it is a sabbath to the Lord in all your dwellings.

Deuteronomy 5

13 'Six days you shall labor and do all your work,