Reference

Exodus 20:11

For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
9

Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:

10

But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:

11

For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

12

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

13

Thou shalt not kill.

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Seventh-Day Sabbath

This verse describes the origin of the Sabbath as a blessed and hallowed day, but it does not explicitly command its observance by humans.

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Sabbath at Creation

This verse describes God's actions during creation and His subsequent rest, but it does not explicitly state that the Sabbath was instituted or observed by humans at that time.