Exodus 23:12
Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
KJV
Sex diebus operaberis : septimo die cessabis, ut requiescat bos et asinus tuus, et refrigeretur filius ancillæ tuæ, et advena.
Vulgate
ἓξ ἡμέρας ποιήσεις τὰ ἔργα σου, τῇ δὲ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ἑβδόμῃ ἀνάπαυσις· ἵνα ἀναπαύσηται ὁ βοῦς σου καὶ τὸ ὑποζύγιόν σου, καὶ ἵνα ἀναπαύσηται ὁ υἱὸς τῆς παιδίσκης σου καὶ ὁ προσήλυτος.
LXX
Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest; that thine ox and thine ass may have rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the sojourner, may be refreshed.
ASV
שֵׁ֤שֶׁת יָמִים֙ תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה מַעֲשֶׂ֔י/ךָ וּ/בַ/יּ֥וֹם הַ/שְּׁבִיעִ֖י תִּשְׁבֹּ֑ת לְמַ֣עַן יָנ֗וּחַ שֽׁוֹרְ/ךָ֙ וַ/חֲמֹרֶ֔/ךָ וְ/יִנָּפֵ֥שׁ בֶּן אֲמָתְ/ךָ֖ וְ/הַ/גֵּֽר
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2172God's action is the model for human action. If God "rested and was refreshed" on the seventh day, man too ought to "rest" and should let others, especially the poor, "be refreshed."96 The sabbath brings everyday work to a halt and provides a respite. It is a day of protest against the servitude of work and the worship of money.97
Cross-references
- Deut 5:14 — But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor
- Exod 16:23 — And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that whi
- Exod 20:8 — Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
- Exod 20:8 — Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
- Exod 20:9 — Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
- Exod 31:15 — Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
- Exod 34:21 — Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.
- Exod 34:21 — Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.
- Exod 35:2 — Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.
- Exod 35:3 — Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.
- Gen 2:2 — And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
- Gen 2:3 — And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
- Jer 17:22 — Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.
- Lev 23:3 — Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.
- Luke 13:14 — And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore c
- Mark 2:27 — And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: