Exodus 31:16-17 The Israelites must keep the Sabbath, celebrating it as a permanent covenant for the generations to come. It is a sign between Me and the Israelites forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, but on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.’”

“ Here the word “refreshed” literally means, “and God exhaled”. The creation of the world was like the life, quickening inhale; the Sabbath is the exhale. Thus, in the beginning, all creation moves with the rhythm of the inhale and the exhale. Without the sabbath exhale, the life giving inhale is impossible.” Sabbath by Wayne Mueller  Page 36.