Ver. 12,13. Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it Or observe it, by setting it apart as a time of natural rest, and for the performance of holy and religious exercises; see ( Exodus 20:8 ) , where the phrase is a little varied, "remember the sabbath day to keep it holy"; it having been instituted before:
as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; not at Sinai only, for the same might then have been observed of all the rest of the commands, but before the giving of the law, at the first of the manna; see ( Exodus 16:23 ) .
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but displaying grace to the thousandth generation of those who love me and obey my mitzvot.
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"'You are not to misuse the name of ADONAI your God, because ADONAI will not leave unpunished someone who misuses his name.
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"'Observe the day of Shabbat, to set it apart as holy, as ADONAI your God ordered you to do.
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You have six days to labor and do all your work,
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but the seventh day is a Shabbat for ADONAI your God. On it you are not to do any kind of work - not you, your son or your daughter, not your male or female slave, not your ox, your donkey or any of your other livestock, and not the foreigner staying with you inside the gates to your property - so that your male and female servants can rest just as you do.
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