Deuteronomy 5:12
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12 “‘Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as the Lord your God commanded you.
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Exodus 20:8-11
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8 (A)“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 (B)Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, 10 but the (C)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 (D)sojourner who is within your gates. 11 For (E)in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
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Isaiah 58:13
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13 (A)“If you turn back your foot from the Sabbath,
from doing your pleasure[a] on my holy day,
and call the Sabbath a delight
and the holy day of the Lord honorable;
if you honor it, not going your own ways,
or seeking (B)your own pleasure,[b] or talking idly;[c]
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- Isaiah 58:13 Or business
- Isaiah 58:13 Or pursuing your own business
- Isaiah 58:13 Hebrew or speaking a word
Isaiah 56:6
English Standard Version
6 “And (A)the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord,
to minister to him, to love the name of the Lord,
and to be his servants,
everyone (B)who keeps the Sabbath and does not profane it,
and holds fast my covenant—
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