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Deuteronomy 5:12

Deuteronomy 5:12 is verse 12 of Deuteronomy chapter 5, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you.

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King James Version

Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee.

World English Bible

“Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as Yahweh your God commanded you.

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Deuteronomy 5:10–14 · Berean Standard Bible

10 but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.

11 You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.

12 Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you.

13 Six days you shall labor and do all your work,

14 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox or donkey or any of your livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates, so that your manservant and maidservant may rest as you do.

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Hebrew words

שָׁמ֣֛וֹרkeep אֶת<obj.>י֥וֹם֩[the] day of הַשַּׁבָּ֖֨תthe sabbath לְקַדְּשׁ֑֜וֹto set apart as holy it כַּאֲשֶׁ֥רjust as צִוְּךָ֖֣he commanded you יְהוָ֥֣הYahweh אֱלֹהֶֽ֗יךָGod your

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Exodus 20:8
Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.

Exodus 20:9
Six days you shall labor and do all your work,

Exodus 20:10
but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates.

Exodus 20:11
For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.

Isaiah 56:6
And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD to minister to Him, to love the name of the LORD, and to be His servants— all who keep the Sabbath without profaning it and who hold fast to My covenant—

Isaiah 58:13
If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable, if you honor it by not going your own way or seeking your own pleasure or speaking idle words,

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