Exodus 20:8
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
In Context
9Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work;
Cross References
Exodus 16:23And he said unto them: 'This is that which the LORD hath spoken: To-morrow is a solemn rest, a holy sabbath unto the LORD. Bake that which ye will bake, and seethe that which ye will seethe; and all that remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.'
Exodus 31:12And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:
Exodus 35:1And Moses assembled all the congregation of the children of Israel, and said unto them: 'These are the words which the LORD hath commanded, that ye should do them.
Leviticus 19:30Ye shall keep My sabbaths, and reverence My sanctuary: I am the LORD.
Leviticus 26:2Ye shall keep My sabbaths, and reverence My sanctuary: I am the LORD.
Nehemiah 9:14and madest known unto them Thy holy sabbath, and didst command them commandments, and statutes, and a law, by the hand of Moses Thy 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 →