Leviticus 23:3

For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a day of sacred assembly. You must not do any work; wherever you live, it is a Sabbath to the LORD.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The Lord instructs Moses to announce the appointed feasts and sacred assemblies to the Israelites. This directive establishes the seventh day within that calendar of proclaimed gatherings.

The words — The Hebrew מְלָאכָה (mə.lā.kâ, work) and שַׁבָּתוֹן (sha.ba.tôn, sabbath observance) define the boundary between permissible labor and the commanded cessation on the seventh day.

The thread — The six-day work and seventh-day rest framework appears in Exodus 23:12 and Exodus 35:2, while the explicit command to keep the Sabbath is paired with covenant reverence in Leviticus 19:3.

Why it lands — The text commands total labor cessation on the seventh day and designates it as a sacred assembly to the Lord, applying to all inhabitants regardless of location.

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The Hebrew words

שֵׁ֣שֶׁתShe.shetsix יָמִים֮ya.Mimdays תֵּעָשֶׂ֣הte.'a.Sehit will be done מְלָאכָה֒me.la.Khahwork וּבַיּ֣וֹםu./vai./Yomand/ [is] on the/ day הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗יha./she.vi.'I<the>/ seventh שַׁבַּ֤תsha.Bata sabbath of שַׁבָּתוֹן֙sha.ba.tOnsabbath observance מִקְרָא־mik.ra'-a convocation of קֹ֔דֶשׁKo.deshholiness כָּל־kol-any מְלָאכָ֖הme.la.Khahwork לֹ֣אlo'not תַעֲשׂ֑וּta.'a.Suyou will do שַׁבָּ֥תsha.Bat[is] a sabbath הִוא֙hi'it לַֽיהוָ֔הla./Yah.wehto/ Yahweh בְּכֹ֖לbe./Kholin/ all מֽוֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶֽם׃ פMo.o.she.vo.tei./Khemdwelling places/ your

King James Version

Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings.

Cross-references

Leviticus 19:3 Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.
Exodus 23:12 For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be refreshed, as well as the foreign resident.
Exodus 35:2 For six days work may be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on that day must be put to death.
Exodus 20:8 Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.
Exodus 31:13 “Tell the Israelites, ‘Surely you must keep My Sabbaths, for this will be a sign between Me and you for the generations to come, so that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.
Exodus 34:21 Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even in the seasons of plowing and harvesting, you must rest.
Luke 13:14 But the synagogue leader was indignant that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath. “There are six days for work,” he told the crowd. “So come and be healed on those days and not on the Sabbath.”
Exodus 16:29 Understand that the LORD has given you the Sabbath; that is why on the sixth day He will give you bread for two days. On the seventh day, everyone must stay where he is; no one may leave his place.”
Deuteronomy 5:13 Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
Isaiah 56:2 Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast, who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it and keeps his hand from doing any evil.”