Deuteronomy 5:12

Observe the sabbath day, to keep it holy, as the LORD thy God commanded thee.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

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

In Context

11Thou 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.

13Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work;

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Cross References

Exodus 20:8Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

Isaiah 58:13If thou turn away thy foot because of the sabbath, from pursuing thy business on My holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, and the holy of the LORD honourable; and shalt honour it, not doing thy wonted ways, nor pursuing thy business, nor speaking thereof;

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 5:7-23

6 I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. 7 Thou shalt have none other gods before me. 8 Thou shalt not make 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 waters beneath the earth: 9 Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them… Read the whole commentary →

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