Exodus 31:16
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Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.The Israelites must keep the Sabbath, celebrating it as a permanent covenant for the generations to come.
In other translations
Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.The Israelites must keep the Sabbath, celebrating it as a permanent covenant for the generations to come.
Hebrew words
וְשָׁמְרוּveshameruand they will observeH8104בְנֵי־venei-[the] people ofH1121יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הַשַּׁבָּתhashabatthe sabbathH7676לַעֲשׂוֹתla'asotby celebratingH6213אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הַשַּׁבָּתhashabatthe sabbathH7676לְדֹרֹתָםledorotamto generations theirH1755בְּרִיתberita covenant ofH1285עוֹלָם׃olamperpetuityH5769
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Jeremiah 50:5They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the Lord in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward it. They will come and join themselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.
- Genesis 17:11And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.You are to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and this will be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.
- Genesis 9:13I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.
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