Exodus 20:10

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:

The seventh

Exodus 31:13

Exodus 34:21

Thou shalt

Exodus 16:27

Numbers 15:32

Luke 23:56

Thy manservant

Deuteronomy 5:14

Thy stranger

Nehemiah 13:15

General references

Bible References

The seventh

"You are to tell the Israelis: "You are to certainly observe my Sabbaths because it's a sign between me and you from generation to generation, so you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

"For six days you are to work, but on the seventh day you are to rest; even during plowing time and harvest you are to rest.

Thou shalt

Nevertheless, that seventh day some of the people went out to gather, but they did not find any.

As it was when the Israelis were in the wilderness, they found a man who was gathering wood on the Sabbath day.

Then they went back and prepared spices and perfumes, and on the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

Thy manservant

but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. You are not to do any work neither you, your son, nor your daughter, your male and female servants, your oxen and donkeys, nor any of your livestock, nor any foreigner who lives among you, so that your male and female servants may rest as you do.

Thy stranger

You are not to oppress the resident alien, because you were aliens in the land of Egypt."

Rejoice in the presence of the LORD your God with your son, daughter, male and female slaves, the descendants of Levi who is in your city, the stranger, the orphan, and the widow among you, at the place where the LORD your God will choose to establish his name.

Don't take advantage of a hired person who is poor and needy, whether he's your fellow citizen or a foreigner who lives in your city.

As for the people of the land who bring merchandise or grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we will not buy from them on the Sabbath or on any holy day. We will forego planting crops, and we will cancel debts during every seventh year."

At that time I saw in Judah some who were treading wine presses on the Sabbath, bringing in sacks of grain, loading them onto donkeys, along with wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of loads. They brought them into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I rebuked them on the day on which they were selling food.

General references

For six days you are to gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there won't be any."

Six days you may work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of rest, a sacred assembly. You are not to do any work. It's a Sabbath to the LORD wherever you live.

"Every Sabbath day, you are to offer two one year old lambs without any defects with two tenths of an ephah of fine flour for grain offering, mixed with olive oil, along with their corresponding drink offering.

""Observe the Sabbath day, maintaining its holiness, just as the LORD your God commanded.