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Exodus 20:11
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them; but on the seventh day he rested.(A) That is why the Lord has blessed the sabbath day and made it holy.[a]

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  1. 20:11 Here, in a formulation which reflects Priestly theology, the veneration of the sabbath is grounded in God’s own hallowing of the sabbath in creation. Compare 31:13; Dt 5:15.
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