Some of the Kohathites, their relatives, were in charge of preparing the bread that is displayed each Sabbath.

The happy sound of the tambourines stops, the revelry of those who celebrate comes to a halt, the happy sound of the harp ceases.

Our hearts no longer have any joy; our dancing is turned to mourning.

You refuse to believe a day of disaster will come, but you establish a reign of violence.

but in the seventh year the land must have a Sabbath of complete rest – a Sabbath to the Lord. You must not sow your field or prune your vineyard.

This is the burnt offering for every Sabbath, besides the continual burnt offering and its drink offering.

It is an honor for a person to cease from strife, but every fool quarrels.

It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and easily-provoked woman.

Moses said, “Eat it today, for today is a Sabbath to the Lord; today you will not find it in the area.

Six days you will gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will not be any.”

It is to be a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you must humble yourselves. It is a perpetual statute.

You may have the Sabbath produce of the land to eat – you, your male servant, your female servant, your hired worker, the resident foreigner who stays with you,

The Lord our God spoke to us at Horeb and said, “You have stayed in the area of this mountain long enough.

For the music director; written by the Korahites, a psalm. O Lord, you showed favor to your land; you restored the well-being of Jacob.

A song of ascents, by David. Look! How good and how pleasant it is when brothers live together!

It is better to live on a corner of the housetop than in a house in company with a quarrelsome wife.

you will taunt the king of Babylon with these words: “Look how the oppressor has met his end! Hostility has ceased!

Egypt is totally incapable of helping. For this reason I call her ‘Proud one who is silenced.’”

Highways are empty, there are no travelers. Treaties are broken, witnesses are despised, human life is treated with disrespect.

“‘Six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there must be a Sabbath of complete rest, a holy assembly. You must not do any work; it is a Sabbath to the Lord in all the places where you live.