Deuteronomy 5:14

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

but the seventh day of the week belongs to me, your God. No one is to work on that day—not you, your children, your oxen or donkeys or any other animal, not even those foreigners who live in your towns. And don't make your slaves do any work.

Cross References

Genesis 2:2

By the seventh day God had finished his work, and so he rested.

Nehemiah 13:15

I also noticed what the people of Judah were doing on the Sabbath. Not only were they trampling grapes to make wine, but they were harvesting their grain, grapes, figs, and other crops, and then loading these on donkeys to sell in Jerusalem. So I warned them not to sell food on the Sabbath.

Nehemiah 13:16

People who had moved to Jerusalem from the city of Tyre were bringing in fish and other things to sell there on the Sabbath.

Nehemiah 13:21

But I warned them, “If you do this again, I'll have you arrested.” From then on, they did not come on the Sabbath.

Nehemiah 5:5

We are Jews just as they are, and our children are as good as theirs. But we still have to sell our children as slaves, and some of our daughters have already been raped. We are completely helpless; our fields and vineyards have even been taken from us.”

Exodus 23:12

Work the first six days of the week, but rest and relax on the seventh day. This law is not only for you, but for your oxen, donkeys, and slaves, as well as for any foreigners among you.

Leviticus 23:3

You have six days when you can do your work, but the seventh day of each week is holy because it belongs to me. No matter where you live, you must rest on the Sabbath and come together for worship. This law will never change.

Mark 2:27

Jesus finished by saying, “People were not made for the good of the Sabbath. The Sabbath was made for the good of people.

Luke 23:56

Then they went to prepare some sweet-smelling spices for his burial. But on the Sabbath they rested, as the Law of Moses commands.

Deuteronomy 5:13

You have six days when you can do your work,

Hebrews 4:4

In fact, somewhere the Scriptures say that by the seventh day, God had finished his work, and so he rested.