Cross references

Exodus 20:8

Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.

Exodus 20:8 BSB

Exodus 20:8 has 9 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 9 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Leviticus 26:2 (21 votes) and Leviticus 19:3 (19 votes). 31 other verses point back to it. It links with 14 other books, from Genesis 2 to Hebrews 12.

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Which verses does Exodus 20:8 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. You must keep My Sabbaths and have reverence for My sanctuary. I am the LORD.

  2. Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.

  3. “Tell the Israelites, ‘Surely you must keep My Sabbaths, for this will be a sign between Me and you for the generations to come, so that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you. Keep the Sabbath, for it is holy to you. Anyone who profanes it must surely be put to death. Whoever does any work on that day must be cut off from among his people. …

  4. Genesis 2:317 votes

    Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished.

  5. For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a day of sacred assembly. You must not do any work; wherever you live, it is a Sabbath to the LORD.

  6. Exodus 23:1215 votes

    For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be refreshed, as well as the foreign resident.

  7. You must keep My Sabbaths and have reverence for My sanctuary. I am the LORD.

  8. He told them, “This is what the LORD has said: ‘Tomorrow is to be a day of complete rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD. So bake what you want to bake, and boil what you want to boil. Then set aside whatever remains and keep it until morning.’” So they set it aside until morning as Moses had commanded, and it did not smell or contain any maggots. …

  9. For this is what the LORD says: “To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths, who choose what pleases Me and hold fast to My covenant— I will give them, in My house and within My walls, a memorial and a name better than that of sons and daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that will not be cut off. …

Which verses point to Exodus 20:8?

The 10 strongest of 31.