Laws for the Sabbath

¹⁰ “For six years you are to ·plant [sow] and harvest crops on your land. ¹¹ Then during the seventh year, ·do not plow or plant your land [^Lyou will let it lie fallow and untilled]. If any food grows there, allow the poor people to have it, and let the wild animals eat what is left. You should do the same with your vineyards and your orchards of olive trees [Lev. 25:1–7].

¹² “You should work six days a week, but on the seventh day you must ·rest [stop]. This lets your ox and your donkey rest, and it also lets the slave born in your house and the ·foreigner [sojourner; resident alien] be refreshed.

¹³ “Be sure to do all that I have said to you. You must not ·even say [invoke; bring to mind] the names of other gods; those names must not ·come out of [^Lbe heard from] your mouth.