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Deuteronomy 5:12

Rest and sabbathGod's holinessThe law

10 but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.

11 You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.

Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you.

13 Six days you shall labor and do all your work,

14 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox or donkey or any of your livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates, so that your manservant and maidservant may rest as you do.

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Compare

BSB
Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you.
KJV
Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee.
WEB
“Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as the LORD your God commanded you.
ASV
Observe the sabbath day, to keep it holy, as Jehovah thy God commanded thee.
DARBY
Keep the sabbath day to hallow it, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee.
BLB
Observe the day of the Sabbath, to keep it holy, as YHWH your God has commanded you.
ÅB
Ta hviledagen i akt så du holder den hellig, slik som Herren din Gud har befalt deg!
OTB
‘Hold sabbatsdagen hellig, slik Herren din Gud har befalt deg.
B1930
Ta hviledagen i akt så du holder den hellig, således som Herren din Gud har befalt dig!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Exodus 20:8–11

    Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.

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  • Isaiah 58:13

    If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable, if you honor it by not going your own way or seeking your own pleasure or speaking idle words,

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  • Isaiah 56:6

    And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD to minister to Him, to love the name of the LORD, and to be His servants— all who keep the Sabbath without profaning it and who hold fast to My covenant—

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