KJV King James Version
Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.
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Exodus 35:3
Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Do not light a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath day.”
WEB World English Bible
You shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations on the Sabbath day.’”
ASV American Standard Version
Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
ye do not burn a fire in any of your dwellings on the sabbath-day.’
Surrounding context — Exodus 35
1 And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said unto them, These [are] the words which the LORD hath commanded, that [ye] should do them.
2 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.
3 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.
4 And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This [is] the thing which the LORD commanded, saying,
5 Take ye from among you an offering unto the LORD: whosoever [is] of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; gold, and silver, and brass,
6 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ [hair],
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Exodus 16:23And he said unto them, This [is that] which the LORD hath said, To morrow [is] the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake [that] which ye will bake [to day], and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.Numbers 15:32-36And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.Exodus 12:16And in the first day [there shall be] an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save [that] which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.Isaiah 58:13If 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:
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