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Deuteronomy 5:13

WorkRest and sabbath

11 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

12 Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee.

Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:

14 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, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.

15 And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.

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Compare

BSB
Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
KJV
Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:
WEB
You shall labor six days, and do all your work;
ASV
Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work;
DARBY
Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work;
BLB
Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
ÅB
Seks dager skal du arbeide og gjøre all din gjerning.
OTB
I seks dager skal du arbeide og gjøre all din gjerning,
B1930
Seks dager skal du arbeide og gjøre all din gjerning.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Ezekiel 20:12

    Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them.

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  • Luke 13:14–16

    And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.

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  • Exodus 35:2–3

    Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.

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  • Exodus 23:12

    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.

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  • Luke 23:56

    And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.

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