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Exodus 20:8-11

“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; for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore Yahweh blessed the Sabbath day, and made it holy.”

This passage is part of the Ten Commandments, given by God to Moses at Mount Sinai for the people of Israel. These commands formed the foundational principles for their community and their relationship with God, establishing practices that set them apart.

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  • Deuteronomy 5:12-15

    This parallel command offers a different motivation for Sabbath: remembering liberation from slavery.

  • Isaiah 58:13-14

    This prophet describes honoring the Sabbath as turning away from one's own pleasure and routine.

  • Mark 2:27-28

    Jesus declares the Sabbath was made for humanity, not humanity for the Sabbath.

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