'Observe' in the Bible
It will be a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you must practice self-denial. You are to observe your Sabbath from the evening of the ninth day of the month until the following evening.”
“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you enter the land I am giving you, the land will observe a Sabbath to the Lord.
“You are to keep My statutes and ordinances and carefully observe them, so that you may live securely in the land.
“If you follow My statutes and faithfully observe My commands,
“But if you do not obey Me and observe all these commands—
if you reject My statutes and despise My ordinances, and do not observe all My commands—and break My covenant,