Exodus 34:21

Six days, shalt thou labour, but on the seventh day, shalt thou rest,—in plowing time and in harvest, shalt thou rest.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 mayst redeem with a lamb, and if thou wilt not redeem it, then shalt thou break its neck. Every firstborn of thy sons, shalt thou redeem, and he must not see my face, with empty hand.

22And the festival of weeks, shalt thou make to thee, the firstfruits of the wheat harvest,—and the festival of ingathering, at the closing in of the year:

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Cross References

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

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.

Deuteronomy 5:12Observe the sabbath day, to hallow it,—as Yahweh thy God, hath commanded thee:

1 Samuel 8:12and he will appoint for himself, princes of thousands, and princes of fifties,—and to plough his fields, and to reap his harvest, and to make his weapons of war, and the instruments of his chariots;

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 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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