Bible Verses Containing the Word "Shabbaton" שבתון

In the Hebrew Scriptures, "Shabbaton" appears in a fascinating combination with "Shabbat" and "Holy" in three verses in Exodus:

• Exodus 16:23: "Shabbaton Shabbat Holy."

• Exodus 31:15: "Shabbat Shabbaton Holy."

• Exodus 35:2: "Holy Shabbat Shabbaton."

Reflect on these verses together. This will help you understand why the Koine New Testament combines שבתון "Shabbaton" and שבת "Shabbat" into the single term "Sabbaton, σάββατον" and why it is transliterated rather than translated into Greek. These combinations underscore the importance of preserving the original meanings and nuances of these sacred terms.

Exodus 16:23

And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To morrow is a Shabbaton Shabbat Holy unto the LORD: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning. 

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֗ם ה֚וּא אֲשֶׁ֣ר דִּבֶּ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה שַׁבָּתֹ֧ון שַׁבַּת קֹ֛דֶשׁ לַֽיהוָ֖ה מָחָ֑ר אֵ֣ת אֲשֶׁר־תֹּאפ֞וּ אֵפ֗וּ וְאֵ֤ת אֲשֶֽׁר־תְּבַשְּׁלוּ֙ בַּשֵּׁ֔לוּ וְאֵת֙ כָּל־הָ֣עֹדֵ֔ף הַנִּ֧יחוּ לָכֶ֛ם לְמִשְׁמֶ֖רֶת עַד־הַבֹּֽקֶר׃  

Exodus 31:15

Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you a Shabbat Shabbaton Holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work therein shall be put to death. 

שֵׁ֣שֶׁת יָמִים֮ יֵעָשֶׂ֣ה מְלָאכָה֒ וּבַיֹּ֣ום הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י שַׁבַּ֧ת שַׁבָּתֹ֛ון קֹ֖דֶשׁ לַיהוָ֑ה כָּל־הָעֹשֶׂ֧ה מְלָאכָ֛ה בְּיֹ֥ום הַשַּׁבָּ֖ת מֹ֥ות יוּמָֽת׃  

Exodus 35:2

For six days work may be done, but the seventh day shall be your Holy Shabbat Shabbaton to the LORD. Whoever does any work on that day must be put to death. 

שֵׁ֣שֶׁת יָמִים֮ תֵּעָשֶׂ֣ה מְלָאכָה֒ וּבַיֹּ֣ום הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י יִהְיֶ֨ה לָכֶ֥ם קֹ֛דֶשׁ שַׁבַּ֥ת שַׁבָּתֹ֖ון לַיהוָ֑ה כָּל־הָעֹשֶׂ֥ה בֹ֛ו מְלָאכָ֖ה יוּמָֽת׃ 

Matthew 12:1-21: The correct way to observe the Sabbath is to enter into Jesus Christ. As of October 7, 2023, the time has come to speak plainly and swiftly. Those who do not enter into Jesus Christ will not withstand judgment. Failure to enter the Sabbath, established for humanity, will result in eternal damnation in the lake of fire. Death is inevitable.

Matthew 12:14: The Pharisees' excuse to kill Jesus was based on the law of sin and death within the Torah. The law of the Spirit of life within the Torah was fulfilled in Jesus Christ. Therefore, one must believe in Jesus Christ. Only then does the victory of Jesus Christ's cross, incarnated under the law of sin and death to provide atonement, become the believer's triumph.

Luke 23:56: The Bible records that the women who dearly loved Jesus rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment. Observing the Sabbath according to the commandment is the true gospel of the kingdom. It reflects the lives of those who have claimed the victory of the cross. They are not ones who crucify others under the law of sin and death. Instead, each must crucify themselves. Living a life of obedience to God's Word, according to the law of the Spirit of life, means nailing oneself to the holy commandment.

However, no one can fulfill all the requirements and conditions of the Torah through their own actions. If anyone had achieved this, the righteous Creator God would have granted them eternal life. But no one has received eternal life. Therefore, in a world dominated by sin and evil, one must enter into Jesus Christ, who has fulfilled the law of the Spirit of life as prophesied in the Torah.

The way to enter into Jesus is only through faith. Yet, incorrect interpretations of the Bible emphasize a dead faith without actions in accordance with biblical teachings. Jesus' teachings in Matthew 25 illustrate the difference between dead faith and living faith.

The best way to interpret Matthew 25 is by fully understanding the entire Bible. For example, separating Romans 7:1 to 3 from the context can lead to a theology of licentious freedom. This approach prevents entry into the law of the Spirit of life from Romans 8:3 onwards, leading to destruction.

In the law of the Spirit of life, looking at a woman with lustful intent is already considered adultery, even without the act. Therefore, when corrupt thoughts enter the fallen human mind, one must immediately use the victory of Jesus' cross as the sword of the Word to battle Satan. Importantly, this battle is destined for victory.

Thus, MOW-E-DIM (appointed times), represented by the Sabbaton according to the commandments, must be observed. This means rejoicing and feasting in Jesus Christ, our High Priest, who resides in the holy sanctuary of heaven.

2 Thessalonians 3:5-6: May the Lord direct your hearts into God's love and Christ's perseverance. Brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, we command you to keep away from every brother who is idle and does not live according to the tradition you received from us.

2 Thessalonians 3:14-15: If anyone does not obey our instruction in this letter, take special note of that person and do not associate with them, so that they may feel ashamed. Yet do not regard them as an enemy but warn them as a brother.

Key Point: This includes distancing oneself from those who preach a different gospel and those who do not long for the return and rapture of Jesus Christ.

2 Thessalonians 3:17-18: I, Paul, write this greeting in my own hand, which is the distinguishing mark in all my letters. This is how I write. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.

Leviticus 16:31

It shall be a Shabbat Shabbaton unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever. 

שַׁבַּ֨ת שַׁבָּתֹ֥ון הִיא֙ לָכֶ֔ם וְעִנִּיתֶ֖ם אֶת־נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶ֑ם חֻקַּ֖ת עֹולָֽם׃ 

Leviticus 23:3

For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Shabbat Shabbaton, a day of sacred assembly. You must not do any work; wherever you live, it is a Sabbath to the LORD. 

שֵׁ֣שֶׁת יָמִים֮ תֵּעָשֶׂ֣ה מְלָאכָה֒ וּבַיֹּ֣ום הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י שַׁבַּ֤ת שַׁבָּתֹון֙ מִקְרָא־קֹ֔דֶשׁ כָּל־מְלָאכָ֖ה לֹ֣א תַעֲשׂ֑וּ שַׁבָּ֥ת הִוא֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה בְּכֹ֖ל מֹֽושְׁבֹתֵיכֶֽם׃ 

Leviticus 23:24

“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a Shabbaton, a sacred assembly announced by trumpet blasts. 

דַּבֵּ֛ר אֶל־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֵאמֹ֑ר בַּחֹ֨דֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֜י בְּאֶחָ֣ד לַחֹ֗דֶשׁ יִהְיֶ֤ה לָכֶם֙ שַׁבָּתֹ֔ון זִכְרֹ֥ון תְּרוּעָ֖ה מִקְרָא־קֹֽדֶשׁ׃ 

Leviticus 23:32

It will be a Shabbat Shabbaton for you, and you shall humble yourselves. From the evening of the ninth day of the month until the following evening you are to keep your Sabbath.” 

שַׁבַּ֨ת שַׁבָּתֹ֥ון הוּא֙ לָכֶ֔ם וְעִנִּיתֶ֖ם אֶת־נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶ֑ם בְּתִשְׁעָ֤ה לַחֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ בָּעֶ֔רֶב מֵעֶ֣רֶב עַד־עֶ֔רֶב תִּשְׁבְּת֖וּ שַׁבַּתְּכֶֽם׃ 

Leviticus 23:39

On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, after you have gathered the produce of the land, you are to celebrate a feast to the LORD for seven days. There shall be Shabbaton on the first day and Shabbaton on the eighth day. 

אַ֡ךְ בַּחֲמִשָּׁה֩ עָשָׂ֨ר יֹ֜ום לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י בְּאָסְפְּכֶם֙ אֶת־תְּבוּאַ֣ת הָאָ֔רֶץ תָּחֹ֥גּוּ אֶת־חַג־יְהוָ֖ה שִׁבְעַ֣ת יָמִ֑ים בַּיֹּ֤ום הָֽרִאשֹׁון֙ שַׁבָּתֹ֔ון וּבַיֹּ֥ום הַשְּׁמִינִ֖י שַׁבָּתֹֽון׃ 

Leviticus 25:4

On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, after you have gathered the produce of the land, you are to celebrate a feast to the LORD for seven days. There shall be Shabbaton on the first day and Shabbaton on the eighth day. 

אַ֡ךְ בַּחֲמִשָּׁה֩ עָשָׂ֨ר יֹ֜ום לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י בְּאָסְפְּכֶם֙ אֶת־תְּבוּאַ֣ת הָאָ֔רֶץ תָּחֹ֥גּוּ אֶת־חַג־יְהוָ֖ה שִׁבְעַ֣ת יָמִ֑ים בַּיֹּ֤ום הָֽרִאשֹׁון֙ שַׁבָּתֹ֔ון וּבַיֹּ֥ום הַשְּׁמִינִ֖י שַׁבָּתֹֽון׃ 

Leviticus 25:5

You are not to reap the aftergrowth of your harvest or gather the grapes of your untended vines. The land must have a year of Shabbat Shabbaton. 

אֵ֣ת סְפִ֤יחַ קְצִֽירְךָ֙ לֹ֣א תִקְצֹ֔ור וְאֶת־עִנְּבֵ֥י נְזִירֶ֖ךָ לֹ֣א תִבְצֹ֑ר שְׁנַ֥ת שַׁבָּתֹ֖ון יִהְיֶ֥ה לָאָֽרֶץ׃  

Bible Verses Implying the Meaning of "Shabbaton"

Genesis 2:2 

And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. 

וַיְכַ֤ל אֱלֹהִים֙ בַּיֹּ֣ום הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י מְלַאכְתֹּ֖ו אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֑ה וַיִּשְׁבֹּת֙ בַּיֹּ֣ום הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י מִכָּל־מְלַאכְתֹּ֖ו אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָֽׂה׃ 

Genesis 2:3

And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. 

וַיְבָ֤רֶךְ אֱלֹהִים֙ אֶת־יֹ֣ום הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י וַיְקַדֵּ֖שׁ אֹתֹ֑ו כִּ֣י בֹ֤ו שָׁבַת֙ מִכָּל־מְלַאכְתֹּ֔ו אֲשֶׁר־בָּרָ֥א אֱלֹהִ֖ים לַעֲשֹֽׂות׃ פ 

Exodus 12:16

And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you. 

וּבַיֹּ֤ום הָרִאשֹׁון֙ מִקְרָא־קֹ֔דֶשׁ וּבַיֹּום֙ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י מִקְרָא־קֹ֖דֶשׁ יִהְיֶ֣ה לָכֶ֑ם כָּל־מְלָאכָה֙ לֹא־יֵעָשֶׂ֣ה בָהֶ֔ם אַ֚ךְ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יֵאָכֵ֣ל לְכָל־נֶ֔פֶשׁ ה֥וּא לְבַדֹּ֖ו יֵעָשֶׂ֥ה לָכֶֽם׃ 

Exodus 20:10

But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: 

וְיֹ֙ום֙ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔֜י שַׁבָּ֖ת לַיהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑֗יךָ לֹֽ֣א־תַעֲשֶׂ֣֨ה כָל־מְלָאכָ֡֜ה אַתָּ֣ה וּבִנְךָֽ֣־וּ֠בִתֶּ֗ךָ עַבְדְּךָ֤֨ וַאֲמָֽתְךָ֜֙ וּבְהֶמְתֶּ֔֗ךָ וְגֵרְךָ֖֙ אֲשֶׁ֥֣ר בִּשְׁעָרֶֽ֔יךָ ׃ 

Leviticus 16:29

And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you: 

וְהָיְתָ֥ה לָכֶ֖ם לְחֻקַּ֣ת עֹולָ֑ם בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַ֠שְּׁבִיעִי בֶּֽעָשֹׂ֨ור לַחֹ֜דֶשׁ תְּעַנּ֣וּ אֶת־נַפְשֹֽׁתֵיכֶ֗ם וְכָל־מְלָאכָה֙ לֹ֣א תַעֲשׂ֔וּ הָֽאֶזְרָ֔ח וְהַגֵּ֖ר הַגָּ֥ר בְּתֹוכְכֶֽם׃ 

& Much more 

1. שבתון Shabbaton is a מועד Moed.  (Leviticus 23)

2. שבתון Shabbaton is a שבת Shabbat. (Leviticus 23)

3.  שבת Shabbat is a מועד Moed.  (Leviticus 23)

4.  Every מועד Moed is Appointed Time for Meeting of Holiness. (Leviticus 23) 

Messiah Yeshua (Jesus Christ) fulfilled four of these Moedim also called Shabbaton

These are Shabbaton, Moed and Chag in the Torah

These feasts, significant in Jewish tradition, are not only commemorations of God's past interventions in history but also prophetic in nature, pointing to the work of the Messiah. The four Moedim that have been fulfilled and will be completed by Yeshua include: 

• Pesach (Passover): Yeshua's crucifixion coincides with Passover, symbolizing Him as the Lamb of God whose sacrifice takes away the sins of the world. There will be the completion of Passover in Heaven. 

• Matzot (Feast of Unleavened Bread): His burial aligns with the Feast of Unleavened Bread, representing sinlessness as leaven is a symbol of sin in the Bible. 

• Offering Omer Reshit (Offering First Sheaf): Yeshua's resurrection is celebrated on the Feast of Offering First Sheaf of harvest, signifying Him as the first harvest of those who have fallen asleep. The Resurrection of Jesus Christ took place on this day. 

• Shavuot (Feast of Weeks or Pentecost): The outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the disciples occurred during Pentecost, fulfilling the promise of the New Covenant and empowering the birth of the 1st century Ecclesia. 

These fulfilled Moedim demonstrate how Yeshua is intricately woven into the fabric of God's appointed times, fulfilling the Law and the Prophets in His life, death, resurrection, and the giving of the Holy Spirit.