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Leviticus 23:3
For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a day of sacred assembly. You must not do any work; wherever you live, it is a Sabbath to the LORD.
from Feasts and Sabbaths, Leviticus 23:1-3
What it says

Six days are for work, but the seventh is a Sabbath of complete rest and sacred assembly, kept everywhere as a Sabbath to the LORD.

What it is doing

It begins the list by anchoring sacred time in weekly rest.

In context

1Then the LORD said to Moses, 2“Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘These are My appointed feasts, the feasts of the LORD that you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies. 3For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a day of sacred assembly. You must not do any work; wherever you live, it is a Sabbath to the LORD.