Exodus 20:8-1 Kings :, Isaiah 56:6, Isaiah 58:13 Reciprocal: Genesis 2:3 - blessed Exodus 16:30 - General Exodus 31:14 - keep Exodus 34:21 - Six Exodus 35:2 - Six days Nehemiah 10:31 - the people Nehemiah 13:22 - sanctify Jeremiah 17:22 - neither do Ezekiel 20:12 - I gave read more
Exodus 23:12, Exodus 35:2, Exodus 35:3, Ezekiel 20:12, Luke 13:14-Nehemiah :, Luke 23:56 Reciprocal: Exodus 16:26 - General Leviticus 23:3 - General read more
Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee.Keep the sabbath-day, to sanctify it — Dost thou do no work on this day, which can be done as well on another? Art thou peculiarly careful on this day, to avoid all conversation, which does not tend to the knowledge and love of God? Dost thou watch narrowly over all that are within thy gates, that they too may keep it holy? And dost thou try every possible means, to bring all men, wherever you are, to do the same? read more
REPETITION OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, Deuteronomy 5:6-21. Here, on the plains of Moab, in sight of the Land of Promise, thirty-eight years after the first announcement of the law on Sinai, Moses repeats the code which Jehovah had given for the moral guidance of his people. There are variations in language, but not such as to change the meaning of a single commandment. We may suppose that in Exodus we have an exact copy of the law as written on the tables of stone. Here the substance is given in... read more
12-15. In Exodus 20:11, there is reference to creation in connexion with the requirement for the observance of the Sabbath. In this passage the deliverance from bondage in Egypt seems to be mentioned as the occasion for the grateful remembrance of Jehovah in keeping the Sabbath. When Moses, in Exodus 20:11, says God blessed the Sabbath, because he rested on that day, he does not conflict with the statement here, that he commanded Israel to keep it for a special reason. read more
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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 5:12
Deu 5:12 Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee. Ver. 12. Keep the Sabbath day. ] In this repetition of the law some things are transposed, and some words changed, haply to confute that superstitious opinion of the Jews, who were ready to dream of miraculous mysteries in every letter. read more