Ezekiel 20:20

In 11 translations

BSB

Keep My Sabbaths holy, that they may be a sign between us, so that you may know that I am the LORD your God.’

KJV

And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God.

WEB

Make my Sabbaths holy. They shall be a sign between me and you, that you may know that I am Yahweh your God.’

ASV

and hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am Jehovah your God.

LSV

And sanctify My Sabbaths, || And they have been for a sign between Me and you, || To know that I [am] your God YHWH.

YLT

And My sabbaths sanctify, And they have been for a sign between Me and you, To know that I, Jehovah, [am] your God.

DBY

and hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I [am] Jehovah your God.Elohim

DRC

And sanctify my sabbaths, that they may be a sign between me and you: and that you may know that I am the Lord your God.

GNV

And sanctifie my Sabbaths, and they shall bee a signe betweene mee and you, that ye may knowe that I am the Lord your God.

JPS

and hallow My sabbaths, and they shall be a sign between Me and you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God.

LXXE

and hallow my sabbaths, and let them be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the Lord your God.

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WLC

וְאֶת־שַׁבְּתוֹתַ֖י קַדֵּ֑שׁוּ וְהָי֤וּ לְאוֹת֙ בֵּינִ֣י וּבֵֽינֵיכֶ֔ם לָדַ֕עַת כִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ τὰ σάββατά μου ἁγιάζετε, καὶ ἔστω εἰς σημεῖον ἀναμέσον ἐμοῦ καὶ ὑμῶν, τοῦ γινώσκειν διότι ἐγὼ Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ὑμῶν.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Isaiah 58:13If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable, if you honor it by not going your own way or seeking your…
• Jeremiah 17:22You must not carry a load out of your houses or do any work on the Sabbath day, but you must keep the Sabbath day holy, just as I commanded your forefathers.
• Ezekiel 20:12I also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us, so that they would know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
• Exodus 31:13–17“Tell the Israelites, ‘Surely you must keep My Sabbaths, for this will be a sign between Me and you for the generations to come, so that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you. Keep the Sabbath, for it is…
• Nehemiah 13:15–22In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought into Jerusalem on the…
• Ezekiel 44:24In any dispute, they shall officiate as judges and judge according to My ordinances. They must keep My laws and statutes regarding all My appointed feasts, and they must keep My Sabbaths holy.
• Jeremiah 17:27But if you do not listen to Me to keep the Sabbath day holy by not carrying a load while entering the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle an unquenchable fire in its gates to consume the citadels…
• Jeremiah 17:24If, however, you listen carefully to Me, says the LORD, and bring no load through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, and keep the Sabbath day holy, and do no work on it,
• Exodus 20:11For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.

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