Exodus 34:21

Six days thou shalt labour, and on the seventh day rest; in sowing (time) and in reaping thou shalt rest.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.

In Context

20But the firstling of an ass thou mayest redeem with a lamb; but if thou redeem him not, thou shalt cut him off. All the first-born of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And let none appear before Me empty.

22And the feast of Weeks thou shalt make to thee, of the firsts of the wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering in the cycle of the year.

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Cross References

Exodus 20:9Six days shalt thou do service and do all thy work;

Exodus 23:12Six days shalt thou do thy work, and in the seventh day have rest, that thy ox and thy ass may rest, and the son of thine handmaid and thy sojourner may be quiet.

Deuteronomy 5:12Keep the day of Shabbatha to sanctify it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 34:19-28

Solemn Feasts Appointed. ( b. c. 1491.) 18 The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib: for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt. 19 All that openeth the matrix is mine; and every firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male. 20 But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem.… Read the whole commentary →

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