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Exodus 12:16

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

“And 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.”

And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the Lord throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.

Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.

And 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.

And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever.

In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even.

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Sabbath Commandment

This verse describes specific days of convocation with work restrictions, but it does not explicitly use the term "Sabbath" nor does it directly refer to the broader Sabbath commandment as part of the Ten Commandments or general law.

Sabbath at Creation

The plain text of Exodus 12:16 describes regulations for two specific holy convocations during the Passover celebration, neither of which are explicitly identified as the weekly Sabbath. Furthermore, the verse makes no mention of creation or God resting on the seventh day.

Seventh-Day Sabbath

While the verse mentions a "seventh day" as a day of "holy convocation" with no work, it does not explicitly use the term "Sabbath" nor does it define this seventh day as the weekly Sabbath, but rather as part of the specific observance of the Feast of Unleavened Bread.

First Day of the Week

The verse explicitly mentions "the first day" in the context of a specific religious observance, but it does not specify that this "first day" is the first day of the week. It refers to the first day of the Passover festival, which is not necessarily the first day of the weekly cycle.

Sabbath Commandment

Related Verses

Leviticus 23:7

“In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.”

Numbers 28:18

“In the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work therein:”

Numbers 28:25

“And on the seventh day ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work.”

Leviticus 23:35

“On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.”

Numbers 28:26

“Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat offering unto the Lord, after your weeks be out, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work:”

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

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