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On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns. <a href="/nlt/exodus/20.htm">New Living Translation</a> but the seventh day is a Sabbath day of rest dedicated to the LORD your God. On that day no one in your household may do any work. This includes you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, your livestock, and any foreigners living among you. <a href="/esv/exodus/20.htm">English Standard Version</a> but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates. <a href="/bsb/exodus/20.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates. <a href="/kjv/exodus/20.htm">King James Bible</a> 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: <a href="/nkjv/exodus/20.htm">New King James Version</a> but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. <a href="/nasb_/exodus/20.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> but the seventh day is a Sabbath of the LORD your God; on it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male slave or your female slave, or your cattle, or your resident who stays with you. <a href="/nasb/exodus/20.htm">NASB 1995</a> but the seventh day is a sabbath of the LORD your God; in it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter, your male or your female servant or your cattle or your sojourner who stays with you. <a href="/nasb77/exodus/20.htm">NASB 1977 </a> but the seventh day is a sabbath of the LORD your God; in it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter, your male or your female servant or your cattle or your sojourner who stays with you. <a href="/lsb/exodus/20.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> but the seventh day is a sabbath of Yahweh your God; in it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter, your male or your female slave or your cattle or your sojourner who is within your gates. <a href="/amp/exodus/20.htm">Amplified Bible</a> but the seventh day is a Sabbath [a day of rest dedicated] to the LORD your God; on that day you shall not do any work, you or your son, or your daughter, or your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock or the temporary resident (foreigner) who stays within your [city] gates. <a href="/csb/exodus/20.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. You must not do any work—you, your son or daughter, your male or female servant, your livestock, or the resident alien who is within your city gates. <a href="/hcsb/exodus/20.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. You must not do any work—you, your son or daughter, your male or female slave, your livestock, or the foreigner who is within your gates. <a href="/asv/exodus/20.htm">American Standard Version</a> but the seventh day is a sabbath unto Jehovah thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: <a href="/cev/exodus/20.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> but the seventh day of each week belongs to me, your God. No one is to work on that day--not you, your children, your slaves, your animals, or the foreigners who live in your towns. <a href="/erv/exodus/20.htm">English Revised Version</a> but the seventh day is a sabbath unto 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: <a href="/gwt/exodus/20.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> The seventh day is the day of worship dedicated to the LORD your God. You, your sons, your daughters, your male and female slaves, your cattle, and the foreigners living in your city must never do any work [on that day]. <a href="/gnt/exodus/20.htm">Good News Translation</a> but the seventh day is a day of rest dedicated to me. On that day no one is to work--neither you, your children, your slaves, your animals, nor the foreigners who live in your country. <a href="/isv/exodus/20.htm">International Standard Version</a> but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. You are not to do any work—neither you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your livestock, nor the alien who is within your gates— <a href="/msb/exodus/20.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work?neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates. <a href="/net/exodus/20.htm">NET Bible</a> but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God; on it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, or your male servant, or your female servant, or your cattle, or the resident foreigner who is in your gates. <a href="/nheb/exodus/20.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. You must 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; <a href="/wbt/exodus/20.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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 man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: <a href="/web/exodus/20.htm">World English Bible</a> 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; <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/exodus/20.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and the seventh day [is] a Sabbath to your God YHWH; you do not do any work, you, and your son, and your daughter, your manservant, and your handmaid, and your livestock, and your sojourner who is within your gates— <a href="/ylt/exodus/20.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and the seventh day is a Sabbath to Jehovah thy God; thou dost not do any work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and thy cattle, and thy sojourner who is within thy gates, -- <a href="/slt/exodus/20.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And the seventh day the Sabbath to Jehovah thy God: thou shall do no service, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy servant, and thy maid, and thy cattle, and thy stranger which is in thy gates.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/exodus/20.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> But on the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: thou shalt do no work on it, thou nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy beast, nor the stranger that is within thy gates. <a href="/cpdv/exodus/20.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. You shall not do any work in it: you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, your beast and the newcomer who is within your gates. <a href="/nabre/exodus/20.htm">New American Bible</a> but the seventh day is a sabbath of the LORD your God. You shall not do any work, either you, your son or your daughter, your male or female slave, your work animal, or the resident alien within your gates. <a href="/nrsvce/exodus/20.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> But the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God; you shall not do any work—you, your son or your daughter, your male or female slave, your livestock, or the alien resident in your towns.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/exodus/20.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> But the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God; in it you shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your manservant, nor your maidservant, nor your cattle, nor the sojourner who dwells in your towns; <a href="/hpbt/exodus/20.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And the seventh day is the Sabbath to LORD JEHOVAH your God; you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter or your Servant or your Maidservant or your beast or your settler who is in your town:<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/exodus/20.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> but the seventh day is a sabbath unto the LORD thy God, in it thou shalt not do any manner of work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; <a href="/sep/exodus/20.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> But on the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God; on it thou shalt do no work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy servant nor thy maidservant, thine ox nor thine ass, nor any cattle of thine, nor the stranger that sojourns with thee. <a href="/parallel/exodus/20-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=5004" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/exodus/20.htm">The Ten Commandments</a> …9Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10<a href="/hebrew/7637.htm" title="7637: haš·šə·ḇî·‘î (Art:: Number-oms) -- Seventh (an ord. number). Or shbi iy; ordinal from shib'iym. seventh.">but the seventh</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: wə·yō·wm (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">day</a> <a href="/hebrew/7676.htm" title="7676: šab·bāṯ (N-cs) -- Sabbath. Intensive from shabath; intermission, i.e the Sabbath.">is a Sabbath</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">to the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">your God,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">on which you must not</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ṯa·‘ă·śeh (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">do</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: ḵāl (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">any</a> <a href="/hebrew/4399.htm" title="4399: mə·lā·ḵāh (N-fs) -- From the same as mal'ak; properly, deputyship, i.e. Ministry; generally, employment or work; also property.">work—</a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ’at·tāh (Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">neither you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ū·ḇin·ḵå̄- (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 2ms) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">nor your son</a> <a href="/hebrew/1323.htm" title="1323: ū·ḇit·te·ḵā (Conj-w:: N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Daughter. From banah; a daughter.">or daughter,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5650.htm" title="5650: ‘aḇ·də·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- Slave, servant. From abad; a servant.">nor your manservant</a> <a href="/hebrew/519.htm" title="519: wa·’ă·mā·ṯə·ḵā (Conj-w:: N-fsc:: 2ms) -- A maid, handmaid. Apparently a primitive word; a maid-servant or female slave.">or maidservant</a> <a href="/hebrew/929.htm" title="929: ū·ḇə·hem·te·ḵā (Conj-w:: N-fsc:: 2ms) -- A beast, animal, cattle. From an unused root; properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal.">or livestock,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1616.htm" title="1616: wə·ḡê·rə·ḵā (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 2ms) -- A sojourner. Or geyr; from guwr; properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner.">nor the foreigner</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">within</a> <a href="/hebrew/8179.htm" title="8179: biš·ʿå̄·rɛ·ḵå̄ (Prep-b:: N-mpc:: 2ms) -- A gate. From sha'ar in its original sense; an opening, i.e. Door or gate.">your gates.</a> 11For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/deuteronomy/5-14.htm">Deuteronomy 5:14</a> but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox or donkey or any of your livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates, so that your manservant and maidservant may rest as you do. <a href="/genesis/2-2.htm">Genesis 2:2-3</a> And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work. / Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished. <a href="/leviticus/23-3.htm">Leviticus 23:3</a> For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a day of sacred assembly. You must not do any work; wherever you live, it is a Sabbath to the LORD. <a href="/nehemiah/13-15.htm">Nehemiah 13:15-22</a> In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them against selling food on that day. / Additionally, men of Tyre who lived there were importing fish and all kinds of merchandise and selling them on the Sabbath to the people of Judah in Jerusalem. / Then I rebuked the nobles of Judah and asked, “What is this evil you are doing—profaning the Sabbath day? ... <a href="/isaiah/58-13.htm">Isaiah 58:13-14</a> If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable, if you honor it by not going your own way or seeking your own pleasure or speaking idle words, / then you will delight yourself in the LORD, and I will make you ride on the heights of the land and feed you with the heritage of your father Jacob.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken. <a href="/jeremiah/17-21.htm">Jeremiah 17:21-27</a> This is what the LORD says: Take heed for yourselves; do not carry a load or bring it through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. / You must not carry a load out of your houses or do any work on the Sabbath day, but you must keep the Sabbath day holy, just as I commanded your forefathers. / Yet they would not listen or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and would not listen or receive My discipline. ... <a href="/ezekiel/20-12.htm">Ezekiel 20:12</a> I also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us, so that they would know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them. <a href="/ezekiel/20-20.htm">Ezekiel 20:20</a> Keep My Sabbaths holy, that they may be a sign between us, so that you may know that I am the LORD your God.’ <a href="/matthew/12-8.htm">Matthew 12:8</a> For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.” <a href="/mark/2-27.htm">Mark 2:27-28</a> Then Jesus declared, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. / Therefore, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.” <a href="/luke/6-5.htm">Luke 6:5</a> Then Jesus declared, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.” <a href="/hebrews/4-9.htm">Hebrews 4:9-10</a> There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God. / For whoever enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His. <a href="/colossians/2-16.htm">Colossians 2:16-17</a> Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath. / These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ. <a href="/acts/20-7.htm">Acts 20:7</a> On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Since Paul was ready to leave the next day, he talked to them and kept on speaking until midnight. <a href="/revelation/1-10.htm">Revelation 1:10</a> On the Lord’s day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD your God: in it you shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your manservant, nor your maidservant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger that is within your gates:the seventh<a href="/exodus/31-13.htm">Exodus 31:13</a> Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you.<a href="/exodus/34-21.htm">Exodus 34:21</a> Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.thou shalt<a href="/exodus/16-27.htm">Exodus 16:27,28</a> And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none… <a href="/numbers/15-32.htm">Numbers 15:32-36</a> And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day… <a href="/luke/23-56.htm">Luke 23:56</a> And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.thy manservant<a href="/deuteronomy/5-14.htm">Deuteronomy 5:14,15</a> 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, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou… thy stranger<a href="/exodus/23-9.htm">Exodus 23:9-12</a> Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt… <a href="/deuteronomy/16-11.htm">Deuteronomy 16:11,12</a> And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there… <a href="/deuteronomy/24-14.htm">Deuteronomy 24:14-22</a> Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates: … <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/17-3.htm">Cattle</a> <a href="/exodus/6-23.htm">Daughter</a> <a href="/exodus/11-5.htm">Female</a> <a href="/genesis/24-60.htm">Gates</a> <a href="/exodus/17-3.htm">Livestock</a> <a href="/exodus/11-5.htm">Maidservant</a> <a href="/exodus/11-5.htm">Maid-Servant</a> <a href="/exodus/13-12.htm">Male</a> <a href="/exodus/20-4.htm">Manner</a> <a href="/jeremiah/34-10.htm">Manservant</a> <a href="/genesis/32-5.htm">Man-Servant</a> <a href="/exodus/20-8.htm">Sabbath</a> <a href="/exodus/14-31.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/exodus/16-30.htm">Seventh</a> <a href="/exodus/18-3.htm">Sojourner</a> <a href="/revelation/16-15.htm">Stays</a> <a href="/exodus/18-3.htm">Stranger</a> <a href="/exodus/13-7.htm">Within</a> <a href="/exodus/20-9.htm">Work</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/20-24.htm">Cattle</a> <a href="/exodus/21-7.htm">Daughter</a> <a href="/exodus/20-17.htm">Female</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/3-5.htm">Gates</a> <a href="/exodus/34-19.htm">Livestock</a> <a href="/exodus/20-17.htm">Maidservant</a> <a href="/exodus/20-17.htm">Maid-Servant</a> <a href="/exodus/20-17.htm">Male</a> <a href="/exodus/21-9.htm">Manner</a> <a href="/exodus/20-17.htm">Manservant</a> <a href="/exodus/20-17.htm">Man-Servant</a> <a href="/exodus/20-11.htm">Sabbath</a> <a href="/exodus/20-17.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/exodus/20-11.htm">Seventh</a> <a href="/exodus/22-21.htm">Sojourner</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-23.htm">Stays</a> <a href="/exodus/22-21.htm">Stranger</a> <a href="/exodus/24-16.htm">Within</a> <a href="/exodus/20-25.htm">Work</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 20</div>1. <a href="/exodus/20-1.htm">The ten commandments are spoken by Jehovah</a> 18. <a href="/exodus/20-18.htm">The people are afraid, but Moses comforts them</a> 21. <a href="/exodus/20-21.htm">Idolatry is forbidden</a> 23. <a href="/exodus/20-23.htm">Of what sort the altar should be</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This day is set apart as holy, emphasizing rest and worship. The Sabbath is a covenant sign between God and Israel (<a href="/exodus/31-16.htm">Exodus 31:16-17</a>), symbolizing God's creation and redemption. It foreshadows the rest believers find in Christ (<a href="/hebrews/4-9.htm">Hebrews 4:9-10</a>), who offers spiritual rest from works-based righteousness.on which you must not do any work— The prohibition of work on the Sabbath underscores the importance of rest and reliance on God. In the ancient Near Eastern context, this command was countercultural, as other societies did not have a similar day of rest. The Sabbath serves as a reminder of God's provision and a call to trust in His sovereignty. Jesus, in the New Testament, clarifies the purpose of the Sabbath, emphasizing mercy and necessity over legalistic observance (<a href="/mark/2-27.htm">Mark 2:27-28</a>).neither you, nor your son or daughter, The inclusion of family members highlights the communal aspect of the Sabbath. It is a day for families to come together in worship and rest, reinforcing the importance of spiritual leadership within the household. This command ensures that the Sabbath is a shared experience, promoting unity and spiritual growth among family members.nor your manservant or maidservant The command extends to servants, reflecting the egalitarian nature of God's law. In a society where servants had few rights, this provision ensured their dignity and rest. It demonstrates God's concern for all people, regardless of social status, and prefigures the New Testament teaching of equality in Christ (<a href="/galatians/3-28.htm">Galatians 3:28</a>).or livestock, Including livestock in the Sabbath rest underscores the comprehensive nature of God's care for creation. It reflects the principle of stewardship and compassion, as even animals are granted rest. This provision aligns with the broader biblical theme of God's concern for all living creatures (<a href="/proverbs/12-10.htm">Proverbs 12:10</a>).nor the foreigner within your gates. The inclusion of foreigners highlights the universal scope of God's law and His desire for all people to experience His rest. It reflects the missional aspect of Israel's calling to be a light to the nations (<a href="/isaiah/49-6.htm">Isaiah 49:6</a>). This provision anticipates the New Testament inclusion of Gentiles into the people of God (<a href="/ephesians/2-11.htm">Ephesians 2:11-13</a>), demonstrating God's heart for all humanity.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The covenant God of Israel, who commands the observance of the Sabbath as a sign of His covenant with His people. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a> The recipients of the Ten Commandments, including the command to observe the Sabbath. 3. <a href="/topical/s/sabbath_day.htm">Sabbath Day</a> The seventh day of the week, set apart as holy and a day of rest in commemoration of God's rest after creation. 4. <a href="/topical/f/family_and_servants.htm">Family and Servants</a> Includes sons, daughters, manservants, and maidservants, indicating the communal aspect of Sabbath observance. 5. <a href="/topical/f/foreigners_and_livestock.htm">Foreigners and Livestock</a> Even non-Israelites and animals within the community are to rest, highlighting the universal application of the Sabbath rest.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_principle_of_rest.htm">The Principle of Rest</a> God designed the Sabbath as a day of rest, reflecting His own rest after creation. This principle encourages us to cease from our labors and trust in God's provision. <a href="/topical/h/holiness_and_worship.htm">Holiness and Worship</a> The Sabbath is a day set apart for the LORD, emphasizing the importance of dedicating time to worship and spiritual renewal. <a href="/topical/c/community_and_equality.htm">Community and Equality</a> The command extends to all members of the household and community, promoting equality and rest for everyone, regardless of social status. <a href="/topical/a/a_sign_of_covenant_relationship.htm">A Sign of Covenant Relationship</a> Observing the Sabbath is a sign of the covenant relationship between God and His people, reminding us of our identity and commitment to Him. <a href="/topical/a/a_reminder_of_deliverance.htm">A Reminder of Deliverance</a> The Sabbath serves as a reminder of God's deliverance, encouraging us to reflect on His past faithfulness and anticipate future redemption.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_20.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 20</a> <a href="/q/why_did_jesus_undergo_baptism_by_john.htm">Is working on the Sabbath considered wrong?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_shabbat_mean.htm">What does Shabbat mean?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_about_pets.htm">What is the Bible's perspective on pets?</a> <a href="/q/did_jesus_violate_the_sabbath_law.htm">Did Jesus violate the Sabbath law?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/20.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God.--Heb., But the seventh day (shall be) a sabbath to the Lord thy God--i.e., it shall be a day of holy rest from things worldly, and of devotion to things heavenly. (See Note 2 on <a href="/exodus/20-8.htm" title="Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.">Exodus 20:8</a>.)In it thou shalt not do any work.--This negative aspect of the Sabbath is further emphasised by particular prohibitions :--(1) The prohibition against gathering the manna on the Sabbath (<a href="/exodus/16-26.htm" title="Six days you shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none.">Exodus 16:26</a>); (2) the prohibition against lighting a fire (<a href="/exodus/35-3.htm" title="You shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations on the sabbath day.">Exodus 35:3</a>); (3) against gathering sticks (<a href="/numbers/15-35.htm" title="And the LORD said to Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.">Numbers 15:35</a>). Some exceptions were allowed, as the work of the Priests and Levites in the Temple on the Sabbath, attendance on and care of the sick, rescue of a beast that was in peril of its life, &c. (See <a href="/matthew/12-5.htm" title="Or have you not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?">Matthew 12:5</a>; <a href="/matthew/12-11.htm" title="And he said to them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?">Matthew 12:11</a>.) But the tendency was to press the negative aspect to an extreme, and to ignore the positive one. By the time of the Maccabees it had come to be considered unlawful to defend oneself against the attack of an enemy on the Sabbath (<a href="//apocrypha.org/1_maccabees/2-32.htm" title="They pursued after them a great number, and having overtaken them, they camped against them, and made war against them on the sabbath day.">1 Maccabees 2:32-38</a> :<a href="//apocrypha.org/2_maccabees/5-25.htm" title="Who coming to Jerusalem, and pretending peace, did forbear till the holy day of the sabbath, when taking the Jews keeping holy day, he commanded his men to arm themselves.">2 Maccabees 5:25-26</a>; <a href="//apocrypha.org/2_maccabees/6-11.htm" title="And others, that had run together into caves near by, to keep the sabbath day secretly, being discovered by Philip, were all burnt together, because they made a conscience to help themselves for the honour of the most sacred day.">2 Maccabees 6:11</a>; <a href="//apocrypha.org/2_maccabees/15-1.htm" title="But Nicanor, hearing that Judas and his company were in the strong places about Samaria, resolved without any danger to set upon them on the sabbath day.">2 Maccabees 15:1</a>); and, though this extravagant view did not maintain its ground, yet at the time of our Lord's ministry a rigour of observance was in vogue upon other points which exceeded the limits of reasonable exegesis. Our Lord's practice was pointedly directed against the overstrained theory of Sabbath observance which was current in His day, and was clearly intended to vindicate for His disciples a liberty which ecclesiastical authority was disposed to deny them. There are parts of Christendom in which, even at the present day, a similar spirit prevails, and a similar vindication is needed. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/20.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 10. - The seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God. Rather - "The seventh day shall be a sabbath to the Lord thy God;" i.e., the seventh day shall be a day of holy rest dedicated to religion. All unnecessary labour shall be suspended and put aside - the law of rest and ease, so far as bodily toil is concerned, which was the law of man's existence before the fall, shall supersede for the time that law of heavy toil and continual unrest, which was laid on man as the penalty of his transgression (<a href="/genesis/3-17.htm">Genesis 3:17-19</a>). Eden shall be, as it were, restored - man shall not "go out to his toil and his labour" - even the very beasts, pressed into man's service since the fall, shall rest. In it thou shalt not do any work. On the exceptions to this rule, which even Judaism, with its extreme formality and literalism, saw to be necessary, see <a href="/matthew/12-5.htm">Matthew 12:5, 11</a>. Still in many respects, a superstitious adherence to the precept was maintained by religious Jews, who would not even defend themselves on the sabbath, if attacked by an enemy (1 Mac. 2:32-38; 2 Mac. 5:25, 26 2Mac. 6:11 2Mac. 15:1). Experience, however, taught them that the law had not been intended to extend so far, and after a time they determined, not to seek battle, but to accept if, and do their best, on the sabbath day (1 Mac. 2:41). Thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter. The rest is to extend to the whole family. Work is not to be merely devolved by the parents upon the children. Thy manservant, nor thy maid servant. It is to extend beyond the family proper, to the domestics of the household, who are to enjoy the respite from toil and to have the advantage of the religious refreshment, no less than their masters. Nor thy cattle. God's care for cattle is a remarkable feature of the Old Testament dispensation. God, at the time of the flood, "remembered Noah and the cattle which were with him in the ark" (<a href="/genesis/8-1.htm">Genesis 8:1</a>). Soon after, his covenant, not to drown the earth any more, was established "with the fowl, and with the cattle, and with every beast of the earth," no less than with man (<a href="/genesis/9-9.htm">Genesis 9:9-11</a>). In the Psalms he de clares that "the cattle upon a thousand hills" are his (<a href="/psalms/50-10.htm">Psalm 50:10</a>). In Jonah, we find that Nineveh was spared, in part because there was in it "much cattle" (<a href="/jonah/4-11.htm">Jonah 4:11</a>). The precept, "Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn" is characteristic of the Mosaic dispensation, and had no parallel in the written codes or in the actual customs of other ancient nations. Animal suffering was generally regarded as of small account in the ancient world; and the idea of protecting animals from ill usage was wholly unknown. On the contrary, as Dr. Dollinger well observes (Jew and Gentile, vol. 2. pp. 346-7): "The law was specially careful about the welfare of animals; they were to be treated with compassion and kindness. Domestic animals were to be well fed, and to enjoy the rest of the sabbath. The Israelites were to help to lift up the ass which had fallen beneath its burden, and to bring back the beast that had gone astray (<a href="/exodus/23-5.htm">Exodus 23:5, 12</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/25-4.htm">Deuteronomy 25:4</a>)... The young was not to be taken from its mother before the seventh day... From these and similar ordinances - such, for instance, as about the least painful method of killing animals - it is plain that the law tried to subdue that coarse turn of mind and unfeeling cruelty, which are engendered by the maltreatment of animals." Nor the stranger that is within thy gates. The "strangers within the gates" of Israel are those foreigners who voluntarily sojourned with them in their camps or (afterwards) in their towns. A "mixed multitude" had gone up out of Egypt with them (<a href="/exodus/12-38.htm">Exodus 12:38</a>), and accompanied them in their wilderness wanderings. The command that these too should rest, was at once a restriction upon their liberty, requiring them to conform to the habits of those among whom they dwelt, and an admission of them into participation in some portion of the privileges of Israel. The sacred rest of the sabbath prefigured the final peace and happiness of the blest in heaven; and they who were commanded to share in the first, were encouraged to hope that they might also participate in the second. <a href="/commentaries/exodus/20-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>but the seventh הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔֜י (haš·šə·ḇî·‘î) Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7637.htm">Strong's 7637: </a> Seventh (an ordinal number) day וְי֙וֹם֙ (wə·yō·wm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day is a Sabbath שַׁבָּ֖֣ת ׀ (šab·bāṯ) Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7676.htm">Strong's 7676: </a> Intermission, the Sabbath to the LORD לַיהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel your God, אֱלֹהֶ֑֗יךָ (’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative on which you must not לֹֽ֣א־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no do תַעֲשֶׂ֣֨ה (ṯa·‘ă·śeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make any כָל־ (ḵāl) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every work— מְלָאכָ֡֜ה (mə·lā·ḵāh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4399.htm">Strong's 4399: </a> Deputyship, ministry, employment, work, property neither you, אַתָּ֣ה ׀ (’at·tāh) Pronoun - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> Thou and thee, ye and you nor your son וּבִנְךָֽ֣־ (ū·ḇin·ḵā-) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son or daughter, וּ֠בִתֶּ֗ךָ (ū·ḇit·te·ḵā) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1323.htm">Strong's 1323: </a> A daughter nor your manservant עַבְדְּךָ֤֨ (‘aḇ·də·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5650.htm">Strong's 5650: </a> Slave, servant or maidservant וַאֲמָֽתְךָ֜֙ (wa·’ă·mā·ṯə·ḵā) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_519.htm">Strong's 519: </a> A maidservant, female slave or livestock, וּבְהֶמְתֶּ֔֗ךָ (ū·ḇə·hem·te·ḵā) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_929.htm">Strong's 929: </a> A dumb beast, any large quadruped, animal nor the foreigner וְגֵרְךָ֖֙ (wə·ḡê·rə·ḵā) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1616.htm">Strong's 1616: </a> A guest, a foreigner within אֲשֶׁ֥֣ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that your gates. בִּשְׁעָרֶֽ֔יךָ‪‬ (biš·‘ā·re·ḵā) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8179.htm">Strong's 8179: </a> An opening, door, gate <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/20-10.htm">Exodus 20:10 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/exodus/20-10.htm">Exodus 20:10 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/exodus/20-10.htm">Exodus 20:10 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/exodus/20-10.htm">Exodus 20:10 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/exodus/20-10.htm">Exodus 20:10 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/20-10.htm">Exodus 20:10 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/20-10.htm">Exodus 20:10 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/20-10.htm">Exodus 20:10 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/20-10.htm">Exodus 20:10 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/exodus/20-10.htm">Exodus 20:10 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/exodus/20-10.htm">OT Law: Exodus 20:10 But the seventh day is a Sabbath (Exo. 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