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Nehemiah 9:14

Moses
Rest and sabbath

12 Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.

13 Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:

And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:

15 And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.

16 But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,

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BSB
You revealed to them Your holy Sabbath and gave them commandments and statutes and laws through Your servant Moses.
KJV
And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:
WEB
and made known to them your holy Sabbath, and commanded them commandments, statutes, and a law, by Moses your servant,
ASV
and madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them commandments, and statutes, and a law, by Moses thy servant,
DARBY
And thou madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and prescribedst for them commandments and statutes and a law, through Moses thy servant.
BLB
And the Sabbath of Your holiness You made known to them, and the commands and statutes and instructions You commanded to them by the hand of Moses Your servant.
ÅB
Du kunngjorde dem din hellige sabbat; du gav dem bud og forskrifter og lover gjennom din tjener Moses.
OTB
Du gjorde din hellige sabbat kjent for dem og ga dem bud, vedtekter og lover gjennom din tjener Moses.
B1930
Du kunngjorde dem din hellige sabbat; du gav dem bud og forskrifter og lover gjennem din tjener Moses.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Exodus 20:8–11

    Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

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  • Genesis 2:3

    And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

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  • 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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  • Ezekiel 20:20

    And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God.

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  • Exodus 16:29

    See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.

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  • Exodus 16:23

    And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.

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  • Leviticus 27:34

    These are the commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.

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  • Nehemiah 1:8

    Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:

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