"It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever."
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Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.
But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.
Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.
Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.
It is a special Sabbath for you, and you are to keep yourselves from pleasure; it is an order for ever.
A sabbath of rest shall it be unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls: [it is] an everlasting statute.
It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.
It shall be a sabbath of rest to you, and ye shall afflict your souls by a statute for ever.
It is a Sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall afflict your souls; it is a statute forever.
it `is' to you a sabbath of rest, and ye have humbled yourselves -- a statute age-during.