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44 lines
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# Sabbath
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## Definition:
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The term “Sabbath” refers to the seventh day of the week, which God commanded the Israelites to set apart as a day of rest and doing no work.
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* After God finished creating the world in six days, he rested on the seventh day. In the same way, God commanded the Israelites to set aside the seventh day as a special day to rest and worship him.
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* The command to “keep the Sabbath holy” is one of the ten commandments that God wrote on the stone tablets that he gave Moses for the Israelites.
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* Following the Jewish system of counting days, the Sabbath begins on Friday at sundown and lasts until Saturday at sundown.
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* Sometimes in the Bible the Sabbath is called “Sabbath day” rather than only the Sabbath.
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## Translation Suggestions:
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* This could also be translated as “resting day” or “day for resting” or “day of not working” or “God’s day of rest.”
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* Some translations capitalize this term to show that it is a special day, as in “Sabbath Day” or “Resting Day.”
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* Consider how this term is translated in a local or national language.
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(See also: [How to Translate Unknowns](rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-unknown))
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(See also: [rest](../other/rest.md))
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## Bible References:
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* [2 Chronicles 31:2-3](rc://en/tn/help/2ch/31/02)
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* [Acts 13:26-27](rc://en/tn/help/act/13/26)
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* [Exodus 31:14](rc://en/tn/help/exo/31/14)
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* [Isaiah 56:6-7](rc://en/tn/help/isa/56/06)
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* [Lamentations 2:6](rc://en/tn/help/lam/02/06)
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* [Leviticus 19:3](rc://en/tn/help/lev/19/03)
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* [Luke 13:14](rc://en/tn/help/luk/13/14)
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* [Mark 2:27](rc://en/tn/help/mrk/02/27)
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* [Matthew 12:2](rc://en/tn/help/mat/12/02)
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* [Nehemiah 10:32-33](rc://en/tn/help/neh/10/32)
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## Examples from the Bible stories:
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* __[13:5](rc://en/tn/help/obs/13/05)__ “Always be sure to keep the __Sabbath day__ holy. That is, do all your work in six days, for the seventh day is a day for you to rest and to honor me.”
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* __[26:2](rc://en/tn/help/obs/26/02)__ Jesus went to the town of Nazareth where he had lived during his childhood. On the __Sabbath__, he went to the place of worship.
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* __[41:3](rc://en/tn/help/obs/41/03)__ The day after Jesus was buried was a __Sabbath__ day, and the Jews were not permitted to go to the tomb on that day.
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## Word Data:
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* Strong’s: H4868, H7676, H7677, G4315, G4521
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