Deuteronomy 5:14
but, the seventh day, is a sabbath unto Yahweh thy God,—thou shalt do no work—thou nor thy son nor thy daughter nor thy servant nor thy handmaid nor thine ox nor thine ass nor any of thy cattle, nor thy sojourner who is within thy gates, that thy servant and thy handmaid may rest, as well as thou.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
13six days, shalt thou labour, and do all thy work;
Cross References
Genesis 2:2Thus God finished, on the seventh day his work which he had made, and rested, on the seventh day, from all his work which he had made.
Exodus 23:12Six days, shalt thou do thy work, but on the seventh day, shalt thou keep sabbath,—that thine ox may rest and thine ass, and that the son of thy handmaid and the sojourner may be refreshed.
Nehemiah 5:5Now, therefore, as is the flesh of our brethren, so is our flesh, as are their children, so are our children. Yet lo! we are putting in subjection our sons and our daughters, for bondservants, yea there are some of our daughters already trodden down, and we are powerless, and, our fields and our vineyards, belong to others.
Nehemiah 13:16And, men of Tyre, dwelt therein, who were bringing in fish—and every kind of ware for sale,—and were selling, on the sabbath, to the sons of Judah, and in Jerusalem;
Hebrews 4:4For he hath spoken, somewhere, concerning the seventh [day], thus—And God rested, on the seventh day, from all his works;
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 →