Sabbath

==Biblical Sabbath==
{{Further|Biblical Sabbath}}
[[File:Sunset 2013.jpg|thumb|For the [[Abrahamic religions]]: [[Judaism]], [[Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh Adventist Christians]], and [[Samaritanism]] Sabbath begins Friday at sundown and ends at Saturday sundown. Thus the sunset is a common [[symbology]] of the Sabbath.]]
Sabbath (as the verb שָׁבַת֙ ''shabbat'') is first mentioned in the [[Genesis creation narrative]], where the seventh day is set aside as a day of rest (in Hebrew, ''shabbat'') and made holy by [[God]] ({{Bibleverse||Genesis|2:2–3|HE}}). Observation and remembrance of Sabbath ({{Lang-he|שַׁבָּת}} ''shabbat'') is one of the [[Ten Commandments]] (the fourth in the original [[Jewish]], the [[Eastern Orthodox]], and most [[Protestant]] traditions, the third in [[Roman Catholic]] and [[Lutheran]] traditions).

Most Jews who observe the Sabbath regard it as having been instituted as a perpetual [[covenant (Biblical)|covenant]] for the [[Israelites]] ({{Bibleverse||Exodus|31:13–17|HE}}), as a sign respecting two events: the day during which God rested after having completed [[Genesis creation narrative|Creation]] in six days ({{Bibleverse||Exodus|20:8–11|HE}}) and the Israelites' [[The Exodus|deliverance from Egypt]] ({{Bibleverse||Deuteronomy|5:12–15|HE}}). However, most [[Sabbath in Christianity|Sabbath-keeping Christians]] regard the Sabbath as having been instituted by God at the end of Creation week and that the entire world was then, and continues to be, obliged to observe the seventh day as Sabbath.

Observance in the [[Hebrew Bible]] was universally from [[Day#Boundaries|sixth-day sundown]] to seventh-day sundown<ref>{{Bibleverse||Nehemiah|13:19|HE}}, cf. {{Bibleverse||Leviticus|23:32|HE}}</ref> on a [[seven-day week]]. The Sabbath was considered a day of joy,<ref>{{Bibleverse|Isaiah|58:13|HE}}</ref> and an occasion for consultation with prophets.<ref>{{Bibleverse|2 Kings|4:23|HE}}; [https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/12962-sabbath Jewish Encyclopedia: Sabbath]</ref> Sabbath corporate worship was not prescribed for the community at large, and the Sabbath activities at the shrines were originally a convocation of priests for the purpose of offering divine sacrifices, with family worship and rest being centered in homes.<ref>Fruchtenbaum, Arnold G. (2001). Israelology: the missing link in systematic theology. Tustin, Calif.: Ariel Ministries. pp. 595–601. {{ISBN|0914863053}}</ref><ref>Goldberg, Louis A. (1980). Leviticus: A Study Guide Commentary. Grand Rapids:Zondervan Publishing House. p. 116. {{ISBN|9780310418139}}</ref> Originally, [[Sabbath desecration|Sabbath-breakers]] were officially to be [[List of capital crimes in the Torah#Religious practices|cut off from the assembly or potentially killed]] ({{Bibleverse||Exodus|31:15|HE}}).