Exodus 20:8
Keep in memory the Sabbath and let it be a holy day.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
In Context
9On six days do all your work:
Cross References
Exodus 16:23And he said, This is what the Lord has said, Tomorrow is a day of rest, a holy Sabbath to the Lord: what has to be cooked may be cooked; and what is over, put on one side to be kept till the morning.
Exodus 31:12And the Lord said to Moses,
Exodus 35:1And Moses sent for all the children of Israel to come together, and said to them, This is what the Lord has said and these are his orders.
Leviticus 19:30Keep my Sabbaths and have respect for my holy place: I am the Lord.
Leviticus 26:2Keep my Sabbaths and give honour to my holy place: I am the Lord.
Nehemiah 9:14And you gave them word of your holy Sabbath, and gave them orders and rules and a law, by the hand of Moses your servant:
Matthew Henry on Exodus 20:2-12
The Ten Commandments. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 And God spake all these words, saying, 2 I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: 5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the… Read the whole commentary →