THEOSISWlastow G.K.
The community is admonished to honor the Sabbath as a sacred day, even amidst the most urgent tasks. This directive is rooted in the fourth commandment found in Exodus 20:8.
Exodus 34:21Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Six days shalt thou work, the seventh day thou shalt cease to plough and to reap.
שֵׁ֤שֶׁת יָמִים֙ תַּעֲבֹ֔ד וּבַיּ֥וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֖י תִּשְׁבֹּ֑ת בֶּחָרִ֥ישׁ וּבַקָּצִ֖יר תִּשְׁבֹּֽת׃
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Cross references
Passages read together with this verse.
- Ex 23:12Six days thou shalt work: the seventh day thou shalt cease, that thy ox and thy ass may rest: and the son of thy handmaid and the stranger may be refreshed.
- Luke 13:14And the ruler of the synagogue being angry that Jesus had healed on the sabbath answering, said to the multitude: Six days there are wherein you ought to work. In them therefore come and be healed: and not on the sabbath day.
- 1 Sam 8:12And he will appoint of them to be his tribunes, and his centurions, and to plough his fields, and to reap his corn, and to make him arms and chariots.
- Ex 35:2Six days you shall do work; the seventh day shall be holy unto you, the sabbath and the rest of the Lord: he that shall do any work on it, shall be put to death.
- Deut 21:4And they shall bring her into a rough and stony valley, that never was ploughed, nor sown: and there they shall strike off the head of the heifer:
- Isa 30:24And thy oxen, and the ass colts that till the ground, shall eat mingled provender as it was winnowed in the floor.
- Luke 23:56And returning, they prepared spices and ointments: and on the sabbath day they rested, according to the commandment.
- Deut 5:12Observe the day of the sabbath, to sanctify it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee.