Exodus 34:21
Exodus · Old Testament · Chapter 34
“Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.”Exodus 34:21
What Does Exodus 34:21 Mean?
Exodus 34:21 is found in the book of Exodus, chapter 34, verse 21 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 16 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Work & Rest.
Cross-References (16)
These passages are connected to Exodus 34:21 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Genesis 2:3“And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.”Genesis 8:22“While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.”Exodus 20:10“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:”Exodus 23:12“Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.”Exodus 20:9“Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:”Exodus 31:15“Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.”Exodus 35:2“Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.”Nehemiah 13:15“In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals.”Luke 13:14“And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.”Leviticus 23:3“Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.”Deuteronomy 5:12“Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee.”Deuteronomy 21:4“And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer’s neck there in the valley:”1 Samuel 8:12“And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.”Luke 23:56“And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.”Isaiah 30:24“The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.”Genesis 45:6“For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.”
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