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Exodus 23:12

Rest and sabbathWorkThe stranger and outcastServing others

10 For six years you are to sow your land and gather its produce,

11 but in the seventh year you must let it rest and lie fallow, so that the poor among your people may eat from the field and the wild animals may consume what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and olive grove.

For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be refreshed, as well as the foreign resident.

13 Pay close attention to everything I have said to you. You must not invoke the names of other gods; they must not be heard on your lips.

14 Three times a year you are to celebrate a feast to Me.

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BSB
For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be refreshed, as well as the foreign resident.
KJV
Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
WEB
“Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest, that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your servant, and the alien may be refreshed.
ASV
Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest; that thine ox and thine ass may have rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the sojourner, may be refreshed.
DARBY
Six days thou shalt do thy work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest; that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger may be refreshed.
BLB
Six days you shall do your works, and on the seventh day you shall rest, so that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your maidservant and the sojourner may be refreshed.
ÅB
Seks dager skal du gjøre din gjerning; men på den syvende dag skal du hvile, så din okse og ditt esel kan ha ro, og din slavekvinnes sønn og den fremmede får hvile seg ut.
OTB
"Seks dager skal du gjøre ditt arbeid, men på den syvende dagen skal du opphøre fra arbeid, så din okse og ditt esel kan hvile, og din tjenestekvinnes sønn og den fremmede kan bli forfrisket.
B1930
Seks dager skal du gjøre din gjerning; men på den syvende dag skal du hvile, så din okse og ditt asen kan ha ro, og din trælkvinnes sønn og den fremmede får hvile sig ut.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Luke 13:14

    But the synagogue leader was indignant that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath. “There are six days for work,” he told the crowd. “So come and be healed on those days and not on the Sabbath.”

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  • Exodus 35:3

    Do not light a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath day.”

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  • Exodus 31:15–16

    For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day must surely be put to death.

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  • Exodus 20:8–11

    Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.

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  • Exodus 34:21

    Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even in the seasons of plowing and harvesting, you must rest.

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  • Deuteronomy 5:13–15

    Six days you shall labor and do all your work,

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  • Isaiah 58:3

    “Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we humbled ourselves, and You have not noticed?” “Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please, and you oppress all your workers.

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