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Exodus 23:12

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Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.

Six {H8337} days {H3117} thou shalt do {H6213} thy work {H4639}, and on the seventh {H7637} day {H3117} thou shalt rest {H7673}: that thine ox {H7794} and thine ass {H2543} may rest {H5117}, and the son {H1121} of thy handmaid {H519}, and the stranger {H1616}, may be refreshed {H5314}.

"For six days, you are to work. But on the seventh day, you are to rest, so that your ox and donkey can rest, and your slave-girl's son and the foreigner be renewed.

For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be refreshed, as well as the foreign resident.

Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest; that thine ox and thine ass may have rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the sojourner, may be refreshed.

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Cross-References

  • Luke 13:14 (4 votes)

    And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.

  • Exodus 35:3 (3 votes)

    Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.

  • Exodus 20:8 (3 votes)

    Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

  • Exodus 20:11 (3 votes)

    For [in] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them [is], and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

  • Deuteronomy 5:13 (2 votes)

    Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:

  • Deuteronomy 5:15 (2 votes)

    And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and [that] the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.

  • Exodus 34:21 (2 votes)

    Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.