Exodus 20:8

Remember the Sabbath day, to keepe it holy.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 vaine: for the Lord will not hold him guiltles that taketh his Name in vayne.

9Sixe dayes shalt thou labour, and doe all thy worke,

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Cross References

Exodus 16:23And he answered them, This is that, which the Lord hath sayde, To morowe is the rest of the holy Sabbath vnto the Lord: bake that to day which ye wil bake, and seethe that which ye wil seethe, and all that remaineth, lay it vp to be kept till the morning for you.

Exodus 31:12Afterwarde the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

Exodus 35:1Then Moses assembled all the Congregation of the children of Israel, and sayd vnto them, These are the wordes which the Lord hath commanded, that ye should do them:

Leviticus 19:30Ye shall keepe my Sabbaths and reuerence my Sanctuarie: I am the Lord.

Leviticus 26:2Ye shall keepe my Sabbaths, and reuerence my Sanctuarie: I am the Lord.

Nehemiah 9:14And declaredst vnto them thine holy Sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, and ordinances, and lawes, by the hande of Moses thy seruant:

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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