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how might modern rhythms of constant activity challenge or illuminate this ancient advice?

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Exodus 20:8-10

““Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God. You shall not do any work in it, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates;””

This passage is part of the Ten Commandments, given by God through Moses to the Israelite people after their exodus from slavery in Egypt. It's foundational instruction for their life together as a liberated community.

What does intentionally pausing from productivity open up for you and your community?

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Deuteronomy 5:12-15
This parallel passage adds the memory of liberation from slavery as a reason for Sabbath, linking rest to freedom.
Mark 2:27-28
Jesus states that the Sabbath was made for humankind, not humankind for the Sabbath, emphasizing its life-giving purpose.
Hebrews 4:9-11
This New Testament letter reflects on a 'Sabbath rest' as a spiritual reality for God's people, connected to faith and God's own rest.

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