Lexicon :: Strong's H7676 - šabāṯ

He told them, “This is what the LORD has said: ‘Tomorrow is a day of complete rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD. Bake what you want to bake, and boil what you want to boil, and set aside everything left over to be kept until morning.’ ”

“Eat it today,” Moses said, “because today is a Sabbath to the LORD. Today you won’t find any in the field.

“Understand that the LORD has given you the Sabbath; therefore on the sixth day he will give you two days’ worth of bread. Each of you stay where you are; no one is to leave his place on the seventh day.”

Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy:

but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. You must not do any work ​— ​you, your son or daughter, your male or female servant, your livestock, or the resident alien who is within your city gates.

“Tell the Israelites: You must observe my Sabbaths, for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, so that you will know that I am the LORD who consecrates you.

“For six days work is to be done, but on the seventh day you are to have a holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Anyone who does work on it must be executed.

“It is a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you must practice self-denial; it is a permanent statute.

“Each of you is to respect his mother and father. You are to keep my Sabbaths; I am the LORD your God.

“Keep my Sabbaths and revere my sanctuary; I am the LORD.

“Work may be done for six days, but on the seventh day there is to be a Sabbath of complete rest, a sacred assembly. You are not to do any work; it is a Sabbath to the LORD wherever you live.

“He will present the sheaf before the LORD so that you may be accepted; the priest is to present it on the day after the Sabbath.

“You are to count seven[fn] complete weeks[fn] starting from the day after the Sabbath, the day you brought the sheaf of the presentation offering.

“It will be a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you must practice self-denial. You are to observe your Sabbath from the evening of the ninth day of the month until the following evening.”

“These are in addition to the offerings for the LORD’s Sabbaths, your gifts, all your vow offerings, and all your freewill offerings that you give to the LORD.

“The bread is to be set out before the LORD every Sabbath day as a permanent covenant obligation on the part of the Israelites.

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you enter the land I am giving you, the land will observe a Sabbath to the LORD.

“But there will be a Sabbath of complete rest for the land in the seventh year, a Sabbath to the LORD: you are not to sow your field or prune your vineyard.

“Whatever the land produces during the Sabbath year can be food for you ​— ​for yourself, your male or female slave, and the hired worker or alien who resides with you.

“You are to count seven sabbatical years, seven times seven years, so that the time period of the seven sabbatical years amounts to forty-nine.

“Keep my Sabbaths and revere my sanctuary; I am the LORD.

“Then the land will make up for its Sabbath years during the time it lies desolate, while you are in the land of your enemies. At that time the land will rest and make up for its Sabbaths.

“For the land abandoned by them will make up for its Sabbaths by lying desolate without the people, while they make amends for their iniquity, because they rejected my ordinances and abhorred my statutes.

While the Israelites were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering wood on the Sabbath day.

“On the Sabbath day present two unblemished year-old male lambs, four quarts[fn] of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, and its drink offering.

“Be careful to remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy as the LORD your God has commanded you.

“but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. Do not do any work ​— ​you, your son or daughter, your male or female slave, your ox or donkey, any of your livestock, or the resident alien who lives within your city gates, so that your male and female slaves may rest as you do.

But he said, “Why go to him today? It’s not a New Moon or a Sabbath.”

She replied, “It’s all right.”

and commanded them, “This is what you are to do: A third of you who come on duty on the Sabbath are to provide protection for the king’s palace.

“Your two divisions that go off duty on the Sabbath are to provide the king protection at the LORD’s temple.

So the commanders of hundreds did everything the priest Jehoiada commanded. They each brought their men ​— ​those coming on duty on the Sabbath and those going off duty ​— ​and came to the priest Jehoiada.

To satisfy the king of Assyria, he removed from the LORD’s temple the Sabbath canopy they had built in the palace, and he closed the outer entrance for the king.

Some of the Kohathites’ relatives were responsible for preparing the rows of the Bread of the Presence every Sabbath.

“Whenever burnt offerings are offered to the LORD on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed festivals, they are to offer them regularly in the LORD’s presence according to the number prescribed for them.

Now I am building a temple for the name of the LORD my God in order to dedicate it to him for burning fragrant incense before him, for displaying the rows of the Bread of the Presence continuously, and for sacrificing burnt offerings for the morning and the evening, the Sabbaths and the New Moons, and the appointed festivals of the LORD our God. This is ordained for Israel permanently.

He followed the daily requirement for offerings according to the commandment of Moses for Sabbaths, New Moons, and the three annual appointed festivals: the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks, and the Festival of Shelters.

“This is what you are to do: a third of you, priests and Levites who are coming on duty on the Sabbath, are to be gatekeepers.

So the commanders of hundreds did everything the priest Jehoiada commanded. They each brought their men ​— ​those coming on duty on the Sabbath and those going off duty on the Sabbath ​— ​for the priest Jehoiada did not release the divisions.

The king contributed[fn] from his own possessions for the regular morning and evening burnt offerings, the burnt offerings of the Sabbaths, of the New Moons, and of the appointed feasts, as written in the law of the LORD.

This fulfilled the word of the LORD through Jeremiah, and the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation until seventy years were fulfilled.