TheBookofJubileesTranslatedFromtheEthiopic_10146231

d o work, and o n th e seventh day is the Sabbath of the L ord ,
y our ch ildre n ,
no r y our m ale s ervant s ,
no r y o ur m aid servan ts ,
13 0 T H E BO O K O F JUBI LEES.
had gone through the s ea into th e desert of Sur ,
fo r on th e
shore of the s ea
ye completed it.
CHAP.
1 A L. .
nd after th is law I made kn own t o thee th e
days of Sabbath s i n the desert Si nai ,
wh i ch i s between Elam
and Sinai .
earth o n Mt.
2 . A
Sinai
nd I t old y ou concerning the Sabbaths o f the
,
and con cerning the years of jubilee s w ith
the Sabbath s and also the y
ea r I mentioned to y o u but th e
year there of we did not tell y ou ,
unti l th ou come st i nto the land
wh ich ye shall p osses s and ye shal l make the land als o
O b serve the Sabbaths for th ose dwell ing in i t ,
and the y ears
o f jubilees shall learn.
3
.
Con
cerning th i s I have ordained
fo r thee the week s of years and the j ub i lee s ,
from the days of
Adam to this day : forty - n ine [ jubilees ] an d one week and
t wo years and yet forty years before learn ing th e
; are for
c ommandments of the L ord until ye the b order ,
cro s s of th e
land of Canaan sing th e J ordan cros ,
o n the western side and
,
j wi ll by unti l I srael sh all be cleansed from all
ubilees pas s
forni cati on and gu ilt and uncleannes s
and contam inati on and
s in and tran i on and shall dwell in all the land i n safety sgres s
, ,
and no S atan and no evi l o ne wi ll i nj ure h i m ,
and
the land
wi ll be clean sed from that tim e o n and to eternity .
4. And
,
beh old ,
the command of the Sabbath s I have written d own fo r
thee ,
and all the j udgments of its laws .
5
.
Si
x day s th ou sh alt .
y our G o d ; ye shall not d o any w ork on it ,
neither ye ,
no r
nor any o f y
o ur be a st s ,
no r y our stranger w h o i s with y
o u.
6 .
The man that d any work oes o n i t shall di e and ever ,
y m an
wh de th i o s ecrates s d a y w h lie with a wife and o s ,
w h say o s
that he ill w d om eth ing o s o n i t that he will make a trip ,
o n
it con cerning all buying and ellin g and ,
or s w h water
,
o draws
o n it wh i ch h e d id not prepare fo r h imsel f o n the s i x th d a y ,
and wh oever take s up a burden to carry it o ut o f h is t ent o r
o ut o f h is h ou se ,
he shall d ie.
7
.
Y
e shall no t d o any work
o n the Sabbath wh i ch ye have not prepared fo r y ours elve s
o n
the s i x th d a y , to e at o r t o drink o r to re st o r t o k e e p Sabbath
from all y our w ork o n th at da
y ,
and t o bles s th e L ord y our