Holy Scripture

Exodus 20:10

A church father on this verse
“Wherefore when He speaks to us of another commandment, not known to us by the dictate of conscience, He not only prohibits, but adds the reason. When, for instance, He gave commandment respecting the Sabbath; "On the seventh day thou shalt do no work;" He subjoined also the reason for this cessation. What was this? "B…”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — HOMILIES CONCERNING THE STATUES 12.9

Source: Septuagint

Original

10But on the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God; on it thou shalt do no work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy servant nor thy maidservant, thine ox nor thine ass, nor any cattle of thine, nor the stranger that sojourns with thee.

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In context

8Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.

9Six days thou shalt labor, and shalt perform all thy work.

— Exodus 20:10 —

11For in six days the Lord made the heaven and the earth, and the sea and all things in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it.

12Honor thy father and thy mother, that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest live long on the good land, which the Lord thy God gives to thee.

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