Exodus 35:3

What does Exodus 35:3 mean?

A plain-English look at Exodus 35:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

No fire is to be lighted in any of your houses on the Sabbath day.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

ye do not burn a fire in any of your dwellings on the sabbath-day.'

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

You shall kindle no fire in any of your habitations on the sabbath day.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your dwellings upon the sabbath day.

Context

v.2Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of solemn rest to Jehovah: whosoever doeth any work therein shall be put to death.

v.3This passage

v.4And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which Jehovah commanded, saying,

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Exodus 16:23

    And he said unto them, This is that which Jehovah hath spoken, To-morrow is a solemn rest, a holy sabbath unto Jehovah: bake that which ye will bake, and boil that which ye will boil; and all that remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.

  • Numbers 15:32

    And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks upon the sabbath day.

  • Exodus 12:16

    And in the first day there shall be to you a holy convocation, and in the seventh day a holy convocation; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done by you.

  • Isaiah 58:13

    If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, and the holy of Jehovah honorable; and shalt honor it, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:

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