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Is the seventh-day Sabbath still binding today? This is the capstone Sabbath study. Compile all evidence from studies 13, 24, 25, 26.

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SABBATH¶

Full Nave's Entry: - Signifying a period of rest: GEN 2:2,3; LEV 23; 25; 26:34,35 - Preparations for the: EXO 16:22; MAT 27:62; MRK 15:42; LUK 23:54; JHN 19:31 - Religious usages on the: GEN 2:3; MRK 6:2; LUK 4:16,31; 6:6; 13:10; ACT 13:14 - Sacrifices on the: NUM 28:9,10; EZK 46:4,5 - UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO: GEN 2:2,3; EXO 16:5,23-30; 20:8-11; 23:12; 31:13-17; 34:21; 35:2,3; LEV 16:29-31; 19:3,30; 23:1-3,27-32; 24:8; 26:2,34,35; NUM 15:32-36; 28:9,10; DEU 5:12-15; 2KI 4:23; 1CH 9:32; 2CH 36:21; NEH 9:13,14; 10:31; 13:15-22; PSA 92:1-15; 118:24; ISA 1:13; 56:2,4-7; 58:13,14; 66:23; JER 17:21,22,24-27; LAM 1:7; 2:6; EZK 20:12,13,16,20,21,24; 22:8; 23:38; 44:24; 46:1,3; HOS 2:11; AMO 8:5; MAT 12:1-8,10-12; 24:20; MRK 2:27,28; 6:2; 16:1; LUK 4:16,31; 6:1-10; 13:10-17; 14:1-6; 23:54,56; JHN 5:5-14; 7:21-24; 9:1-34; 19:31; ACT 13:14,27,42,44; 15:21; 16:13; 17:2; 18:4; COL 2:16; HEB 4:4,9 - OBSERVANCE OF: - By Moses: NUM 15:32-34 - By Nehemiah: NEH 13:15,21 - By the women preparing to embalm the corpse of Jesus: LUK 23:56 - By Paul: ACT 13:14 - By the disciples: ACT 16:13 - By John: REV 1:10 - VIOLATIONS OF: - Gathering manna: EXO 16:27 - Gathering sticks: NUM 15:32 - Men of Tyre: NEH 13:16 - The inhabitants of Jerusalem: JER 17:21-23

SABBATH DAY'S JOURNEY¶

ACT 1:12

TEN COMMANDMENTS¶

See COMMANDMENTS (cross-reference to COMMANDMENTS entry)

LORD'S DAY¶

See SABBATH (cross-reference to SABBATH entry)

COMMANDMENTS¶

Full Nave's Entry: - General scriptures concerning: EXO 13:8-10; 20:3-17; DEU 4:5,9,10; 5:6-21; 6:4-9; 11:18-21; 32:46,47; JOS 8:30-35; 2CH 17:7-9; NEH 8:2-8; PSA 78:1-7; PRO 3:3,4; 6:20,21; 7:1-4; ISA 57:8; JER 11:4; ZEC 7:9,10; 8:16,17 - PRECEPTS OF JESUS: MAT 5:16,22-24,27-48; 6:1-4,6-8,16-25,31-34; 7:1-29; 10:5-42; 16:24; 18:8-10,15-17,21,22; 19:16-19; 20:25-28; 22:21,34-40; 24:42-51; 25:34-46; MRK 6:7-11; 8:34; 9:35,38,39,42-50; 10:9,11,12,17-22; 11:22; 12:17; 13:33-37; LUK 6:27-42; 10:28-37; 12:12-31; JHN 7:24; 13:34,35; 14:11,15,23,24; 15:2,4,5,7-12,14,17,20-22 - PRECEPTS OF PAUL: ROM 12:1-3,6-21; 13:8-14; 14:19-21; 15:1,2; 1CO 8:1,7-13; 10:7-10,24,28,29,31,32; 14:20; 16:13,14; 2CO 13:7; GAL 5:1,16; 6:1,2; EPH 4:1-3,26-32; 5:1-6,11,15,17-21; 6:10,11,13-18; PHP 1:27,28; 2:2-8,12-16; 4:6,8,9; COL 2:6,16,20-23; 3:1,2,5,8,9,12-17,23; 1TH 3:12; 4:1,3,5,6,9-12; 5:6,8,12-22; 2TH 2:15; 3:6-15; 1TI 1:4; 2:1,2,8-12; 3:2-13; 4:1-7,12-16; 5:1-14,16-21; 6:11-14,17-20; 2TI 1:13,14; 2:19,22-25; 3:2-5; TIT 1:5-14; 2:2-5,9-12; 3:1,2,8; HEB 6:1,11,12; 10:22-25; 13:1-3,5,7,9,15-17 - OTHER APOSTLES PRECEPTS: JAS 1:16,19,21,22; 2:1-4,8-12; 3:1; 4:7-11,13-15; 5:7-12,16; 1PE 1:13-17; 2:11-25; 3:8-12,15-17; 4:1-16; 5:1-3,5-9; 2PE 1:5-7,10; 3:14,18; 1JN 2:15,28; 3:10-23; 4:1,7,8,11,12,15,16,21; 5:21; 2JN 1:5,6; 3JN 1:11; Jude 1:3,4,20-23; REV 3:11,18,19; 22:17 - OF MEN: ISA 29:13; MAT 15:3-20; MRK 7:2-23; ROM 14:1-6,10-23; 1TI 4:1-3

SYNAGOGUE¶

Key entries from Nave's: ACT 13:43; ACT 9:2,20; ACT 14:1; LUK 4:15-33; MRK 1:39; MRK 6:2 - The synagogue was the regular place for Sabbath worship in apostolic times - Paul's pattern: entering the synagogue on the Sabbath (Acts 13:14; 17:1-2; 18:4)

COVENANT¶

Key verse references: JOS 9:18-21; GAL 3:15; JER 31:31-34; HEB 8:4-13 - Sabbath called "a perpetual covenant" (berit olam) in Exo 31:16 - New covenant writes the SAME law on hearts (Jer 31:33; Heb 8:10)

HOLINESS¶

Key verse references: GEN 17:1; EXO 19:6; LEV 19:2; HEB 4:3,9 - God sanctified the seventh day at creation (Gen 2:3) - The Sabbath called "the holy of the LORD" (Isa 58:13)

SABBATIC YEAR¶

EXO 23:9-11; LEV 25; DEU 15:9; 31:10
Uses same vocabulary as weekly Sabbath (shabbath shabbathon, Lev 25:4)
Distinct from the weekly Sabbath in temporal scope

JUDAISM¶

ACT 15:1; 21:20-25; GAL 3; 4; 5; 6
Relevant to the objection that Sabbath observance is "Judaizing"
The Jerusalem Council addressed ceremonial requirements, not the Decalogue

Research gathered: 2026-02-26