# Sabbath #

## Definition: ##

The term "Sabbath" refers to the seventh day of the week, which God commanded the Israelites to set apart as a day of rest and doing no work.

* After God finished creating the world in six days, he rested on the seventh day. In the same way, God commanded the Israelites to set aside the seventh day as a special day to rest and worship him.
* The command to "keep the Sabbath holy" is one of the ten commandments that God wrote on the stone tablets that he gave Moses for the Israelites.
* Following the Jewish system of counting days, the Sabbath begins on Friday at sundown and lasts until Saturday at sundown.
* Sometimes in the Bible the Sabbath is called "Sabbath day" rather than only the Sabbath. 

## Translation Suggestions: ##

* This could also be translated as "resting day" or "day for resting" or "day of not working" or "God's day of rest."
* Some translations capitalize this term to show that it is a special day, as in "Sabbath Day" or "Resting Day."
* Consider how this term is translated in a local or national language.

(See also: [How to Translate Unknowns](https://git.door43.org/Door43/en-ta-translate-vol1/src/master/content/translate_unknown.md))

(See also: [rest](../kt/rest.md))

## Bible References: ##

* [2 Chronicles 31:2-3](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/2ch/31/02)
* [Acts 13:26-27](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/act/13/26)
* [Exodus 31:12-15](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/exo/31/12)
* [Isaiah 56:6-7](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/isa/56/06)
* [Lamentations 02:5-6](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/lam/02/05)
* [Leviticus 19:1-4](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/lev/19/01)
* [Luke 13:12-14](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/luk/13/12)
* [Mark 02:27-28](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/mrk/02/27)
* [Matthew 12:1-2](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/mat/12/01)
* [Nehemiah 10:32-33](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/neh/10/32)

## Examples from the Bible stories: ##

* __[13-05](https://door43.org/en/obs/notes/frames/13-05)__"Always be sure to keep the __Sabbath day__  holy. That is, do all your work in six days, for the seventh day is a day for you to rest and to honor me."
* __[26-02](https://door43.org/en/obs/notes/frames/26-02)__ Jesus went to the town of Nazareth where he had lived during his childhood. On the __Sabbath__, he went to the place of worship.
* __[41-03](https://door43.org/en/obs/notes/frames/41-03)__ The day after Jesus was buried was a __Sabbath__  day, and the Jews were not permitted to go to the tomb on that day.