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| | In [[Leviticus]], God reaffirmed to Moses the sanctity of the seventh-day Sabbath:<blockquote>''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.'' ([[Leviticus]] 23:3)<ref>[[King James Version]] [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Leviticus%2023:3;&version=9; BibleGateway]</ref></blockquote> | | In [[Leviticus]], God reaffirmed to Moses the sanctity of the seventh-day Sabbath:<blockquote>''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.'' ([[Leviticus]] 23:3)<ref>[[King James Version]] [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Leviticus%2023:3;&version=9; BibleGateway]</ref></blockquote> |
| | The [[prophet]] [[Isaiah]] said of the importance of the Sabbath as God's Word and Law:<blockquote>''If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.'' ([[Isaiah]] 58:13-14)<ref>[[King James Version]] [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2058:13-14;&version=9; BibleGateway]</ref></blockquote> | | The [[prophet]] [[Isaiah]] said of the importance of the Sabbath as God's Word and Law:<blockquote>''If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.'' ([[Isaiah]] 58:13-14)<ref>[[King James Version]] [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2058:13-14;&version=9; BibleGateway]</ref></blockquote> |
| − | Through the prophet [[Jeremiah]] God warned men to "''bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem; Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.''" (Jeremiah 17:21-22)<ref>[[King Janmes Version]] [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah%2017:21-22;&version=9; BibleGateway]</ref> | + | Through the prophet [[Jeremiah]] God warned men to "''bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem; Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.''" (Jeremiah 17:21-22)<ref>[[King James Version]] [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah%2017:21-22;&version=9; BibleGateway]</ref> |
| | "''But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.''" (Jeremiah 17:27)<ref>[[King James Version]] [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah%2017:27;&version=9; BibleGateway]</ref> | | "''But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.''" (Jeremiah 17:27)<ref>[[King James Version]] [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah%2017:27;&version=9; BibleGateway]</ref> |
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