Deuteronomy 5:12 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Be careful to remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy as the Lord your God has commanded you. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Observe the Sabbath day to keep it holy, as the Lord your God commanded you. American Standard Version (1901) Observe the sabbath day, to keep it holy, as Jehovah thy God commanded thee. Common English Bible Keep the Sabbath day and treat it as holy, exactly as the LORD your God commanded: Catholic Public Domain Version Observe the day of the Sabbath, so that you may sanctify it, just as the Lord your God has instructed you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Observe the day of the sabbath, to sanctify it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee. |
At that time I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath. They were also bringing in stores of grain and loading them on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought to Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them against selling food on that day.
He told them, ‘This is what the Lord has said: “Tomorrow is a day of complete rest, a holy Sabbath to the Lord. Bake what you want to bake, and boil what you want to boil, and set aside everything left over to be kept until morning.” ’
‘Tell the Israelites: You must observe my Sabbaths, for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, so that you will know that I am the Lord who consecrates you.
Work may be done for six days, but on the seventh day there must be a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the Lord. Anyone who does work on the Sabbath day must be put to death.
As for the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord to minister to him, to love the name of the Lord, and to become his servants – all who keep the Sabbath without desecrating it and who hold firmly to my covenant –
‘If you avoid desecrating the Sabbath, from doing whatever you want on my holy day; if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the holy day of the Lord honourable; if you honour it, not going your own ways, seeking your own pleasure, or talking business; ,
Do not carry a load out of your houses on the Sabbath day or do any work, but keep the Sabbath day holy, just as I commanded your ancestors.
Then he told them, ‘The Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath.