New American Standard Bible 2020

Exodus 31:12-16

12Now the Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068spokeוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to Mosesמֹשֶׁ֥הmo.ShehH4872,sayingלֵּאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

13“Now as for you, speakדַּבֵּ֨רda.BerH1696to the sonsבְּנֵ֤יbe.NeiH1121of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559, ‘You mustאַ֥ךְ'akhH389keepתִּשְׁמֹ֑רוּtish.Mo.ruH8104My Sabbathsשַׁבְּתֹתַ֖יsha.be.to.TaiH7676; for this isa signא֨וֹת'otH226betweenH996Me and you throughout your generationsלְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔םle.do.Ro.tei.KhemH1755,so that you may knowלָדַ֕עַתla.Da.'atH3045that I am the Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068who sanctifiesמְקַדִּשְׁכֶֽם׃me.ka.dish.KhemH6942you.

14Therefore you are to keepוּשְׁמַרְתֶּם֙u.she.mar.TemH8104the Sabbathהַשַּׁבָּ֔תha.sha.BatH7676,for it is holyקֹ֥דֶשׁKo.deshH6944to you.Everyone who profanesמְחַֽלְלֶ֙יהָ֙me.cha.Lei.haH2490it mustH4191be putH4191toH4191deathH4191;for whoeverכָּל־kol-H3605doesהָעֹשֶׂ֥הha.'o.SehH6213anyworkמְלָאכָ֔הme.la.KhahH4399on it, that personהַנֶּ֥פֶשׁha.Ne.feshH5315shall be cutוְנִכְרְתָ֛הve.nikh.re.TahH3772offH3772from amongמִקֶּ֥רֶבmi.Ke.revH7130his peopleעַמֶּֽיהָ׃'a.Mei.haH5971.

15For sixשֵׁ֣שֶׁתShe.shetH8337daysיָמִים֮ya.MimH3117workמְלָאכָה֒me.la.KhahH4399may be doneיֵעָשֶׂ֣הye.'a.SehH6213,but on the seventhהַשְּׁבִיעִ֗יha.she.vi.'IH7637dayוּבַיּ֣וֹםu.vai.YomH3117there is aSabbathשַׁבַּ֧תsha.BatH7676of completeH7677restH7677,holyקֹ֖דֶשׁKo.deshH6944to the Lordלַיהוָ֑הla.Yah.wehH3068;whoeverכָּל־kol-H3605doesהָעֹשֶׂ֧הha.'o.SehH6213anyworkמְלָאכָ֛הme.la.KhahH4399on the Sabbathהַשַּׁבָּ֖תha.sha.BatH7676dayבְּי֥וֹםbe.YomH3117mustH4191be putH4191toH4191deathH4191.

16So the sonsבְנֵֽי־ve.nei-H1121of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478shall keepוְשָׁמְר֥וּve.sha.me.RuH8104the Sabbathהַשַּׁבָּ֑תha.sha.BatH7676, tocelebrateלַעֲשׂ֧וֹתla.'a.SotH6213the Sabbathהַשַּׁבָּ֛תha.sha.BatH7676throughout their generationsלְדֹרֹתָ֖םle.do.ro.TamH1755as a permanentעוֹלָֽם׃o.LamH5769covenantבְּרִ֥יתbe.RitH1285.’

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