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Exodus 31:12-16

12And the Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068spakeוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto Mosesמֹשֶׁ֥הmo.ShehH4872,sayingלֵּאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

13Speakדַּבֵּ֨רda.BerH1696thou also unto the childrenבְּנֵ֤יbe.NeiH1121of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559,Verilyאַ֥ךְ'akhH389my sabbathsשַׁבְּתֹתַ֖יsha.be.to.TaiH7676ye shall keepתִּשְׁמֹ֑רוּtish.Mo.ruH8104: for it isa signא֨וֹת'otH226between me and you throughout your generationsלְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔םle.do.Ro.tei.KhemH1755; that yemay knowלָדַ֕עַתla.Da.'atH3045that I amthe Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068that doth sanctifyמְקַדִּשְׁכֶֽם׃me.ka.dish.KhemH6942you.

14Ye shall keepוּשְׁמַרְתֶּם֙u.she.mar.TemH8104the sabbathהַשַּׁבָּ֔תha.sha.BatH7676therefore; for it isholyקֹ֥דֶשׁKo.deshH6944unto you: every one that defilethמְחַֽלְלֶ֙יהָ֙me.cha.Lei.haH2490it shall surelyמ֣וֹתMotH4191be put to deathיוּמָ֔תyu.MatH4191:for whosoever doethהָעֹשֶׂ֥הha.'o.SehH6213anyworkמְלָאכָ֔הme.la.KhahH4399therein, that soulהַנֶּ֥פֶשׁha.Ne.feshH5315shall be cut offוְנִכְרְתָ֛הve.nikh.re.TahH3772from amongמִקֶּ֥רֶבmi.Ke.revH7130his peopleעַמֶּֽיהָ׃'a.Mei.haH5971.

15Sixשֵׁ֣שֶׁתShe.shetH8337daysH3117may workמְלָאכָה֒me.la.KhahH4399be doneיֵעָשֶׂ֣הye.'a.SehH6213;but in the seventhהַשְּׁבִיעִ֗יha.she.vi.'IH7637isthe sabbathשַׁבַּ֧תsha.BatH7676of restשַׁבָּת֛וֹןsha.ba.TonH7677,holyקֹ֖דֶשׁKo.deshH6944to the Lordלַיהוָ֑הla.Yah.wehH3068:whosoever doethהָעֹשֶׂ֧הha.'o.SehH6213anyworkמְלָאכָ֛הme.la.KhahH4399in the sabbathהַשַּׁבָּ֖תha.sha.BatH7676dayH3117,he shall surelyמ֥וֹתMotH4191be put to deathיוּמָֽת׃yu.MatH4191.

16Wherefore the childrenבְנֵֽי־ve.nei-H1121of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478shall keepוְשָׁמְר֥וּve.sha.me.RuH8104the sabbathהַשַּׁבָּ֑תha.sha.BatH7676,to observeלַעֲשׂ֧וֹתla.'a.SotH6213the sabbathהַשַּׁבָּ֛תha.sha.BatH7676throughout their generationsלְדֹרֹתָ֖םle.do.ro.TamH1755, fora perpetualעוֹלָֽם׃o.LamH5769covenantבְּרִ֥יתbe.RitH1285.

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