Deuteronomy 5:12

“Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as the LORD your God commanded you.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

11“You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who misuses his name.

13You shall labor six days, and do all your work;

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Cross References

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

Isaiah 58:13“If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight, and the holy of the LORD honorable, and honor it, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words,

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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