Exodus 20:8

Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

In Context

7Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord thy God will not acquit him that takes his name in vain.

9Six days thou shalt labor, and shalt perform all thy work.

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Cross References

Exodus 16:23And Moses said to them, Is not this the word which the Lord spoke? Tomorrow is the Sabbath, a holy rest to the Lord: bake that ye will bake, and seethe that ye will seethe, and all that is over leave to be laid by for the morrow.

Exodus 31:12And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Exodus 35:1And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said, These are the words which the Lord has spoken for you to do them.

Leviticus 19:30Ye shall keep my Sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuaries: I am the Lord.

Leviticus 26:2Ye shall keep my Sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuaries: I am the Lord.

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 →

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