Cross references

Exodus 31:17

It is a sign between Me and the Israelites forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, but on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.’”

Exodus 31:17 BSB

Exodus 31:17 has 10 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 6 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Exodus 31:13 (9 votes) and Genesis 1:31 (8 votes). 20 other verses point back to it. It links with 13 other books, from Genesis 1 to Hebrews 4.

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Which verses does Exodus 31:17 point to?

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

  1. “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.

  2. And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

  3. And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work. 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.

  4. I also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us, so that they would know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.

  5. For whoever enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His.

  6. Keep My Sabbaths holy, that they may be a sign between us, so that you may know that I am the LORD your God.’

  7. Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said: “So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world. For somewhere He has spoken about the seventh day in this manner: “And on the seventh day God rested from all His works.”

  8. May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in His works.

  9. Yes, I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul.

  10. Job 38:71 vote

    while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Which verses point to Exodus 31:17?

The 10 strongest of 20.