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Deuteronomy 16:8

Sabbath at Creation Seventh-Day Sabbath Sabbath Commandment First Day of the Week

“Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the Lord thy God: thou shalt do no work therein.”

But at the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt.

And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents.

Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the Lord thy God: thou shalt do no work therein.

Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn.

And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the Lord thy God with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto the Lord thy God, according as the Lord thy God hath blessed thee:

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Sabbath at Creation

This verse describes a solemn assembly on the seventh day during the Feast of Unleavened Bread, prohibiting work. It does not mention creation, God resting on the seventh day, or any connection to the creation narrative.

Seventh-Day Sabbath

The verse refers to "the seventh day" as a "solemn assembly" where no work is to be done, but it does not explicitly use the term "Sabbath" or define this specific seventh day as the weekly Sabbath. Instead, it appears in the context of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, suggesting it refers to a specific holy day within that festival.

Sabbath Commandment

The verse describes a "solemn assembly" on the seventh day where no work is to be done, which aligns with Sabbath principles, but it does not explicitly use the term "Sabbath" nor does it directly reference the Ten Commandments or the broader Sabbath commandment.

First Day of the Week

The verse specifies "six days" for eating unleavened bread and "the seventh day" for a solemn assembly, but it makes no mention of the "first day of the week" in any context.

Sabbath at Creation

Related Verses

Exodus 13:6

“Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord.”

Deuteronomy 16:3

“Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.”

Deuteronomy 16:4

“And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast seven days; neither shall there any thing of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning.”

Numbers 29:35

“On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do no servile work therein:”

Leviticus 23:6

“And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the Lord: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.”

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