Exodus 23:12
Six 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.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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Exodus 20:8Remember the sabbath day, to hallow it:
Exodus 31:15Six days, shall work be done, but on the seventh day, is a holy sabbath-keeping of rest unto Yahweh,—whosoever doeth work on the sabbath day, shall be, surely put to death.
Exodus 35:3Ye shall not kindle a fire, in any of your dwellings,—on the sabbath day.
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;
Luke 13:14But the synagogue-ruler, answering, being greatly displeased that, on the Sabbath, Jesus had healed, began saying unto the multitude—Six days, there are, in which men ought to get their work done; On them, therefore, come and be healed, and, not on the day of rest.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 23:11-20
Sacred Feasts. ( b. c. 1491.) 10 And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof: 11 But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard. 12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.… Read the whole commentary →