¹³ “You yourself are to speak to the Israelites, ‘You shall surely keep my Sabbaths, for this is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, given in order that you may know that I, the Lord, sanctify you.^(A)

² On the sixth^[a] day God finished the work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all the work that he had done.^(A)

³ So God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it, because on it God rested from all the work that he had done in creation.^(A)