Exodus 31:15-17
Read Exodus 31 in full →15‘aSix days work may be done, but on the seventh day there is a bsabbath of complete rest, holy to Yahweh; cwhoever does any work on the sabbath day shall surely be put to death. 16‘So the sons of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to 1celebrate the sabbath throughout their generations as an everlasting covenant.’ 17“aIt is a sign between Me and the sons of Israel forever; bfor in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, but on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.”