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Exodus 20:10

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, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates:

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KJV King James Version

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, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates:

BSB Berean Standard Bible

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.

WEB World English Bible

but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God. You shall not do any work in it, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates;

ASV American Standard Version

but the seventh day is a sabbath unto Jehovah thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

and the seventh day is a Sabbath to Jehovah thy God; thou dost not do any work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and thy cattle, and thy sojourner who is within thy gates,—

Surrounding context — Exodus 20

7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:

10 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, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates:

11 For [in] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them [is], and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

13 Thou shalt not kill.

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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.

וְי֙וֹם֙H3117 · yomday הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔֜יH7637 · she.vi.iseventh שַׁבָּ֖֣ת׀H7676 · shab.batSabbath לַיהוָ֣הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD אֱלֹהֶ֑֗יךָH430 · e.lo.himGod לֹֽ֣א־H3808 · lonot תַעֲשֶׂ֣֨הH6213 · a.sahto make: do כָל־H3605 · kolall מְלָאכָ֡֜הH4399 · me.la.khahwork אַתָּ֣ה׀H859 · at.tahyou(m.s.)וּבִנְךָֽ֣־H1121 · benson: child וּ֠בִתֶּ֗ךָH1323 · batdaughter עַבְדְּךָ֤֨H5650 · e.vedservant/slave וַאֲמָֽתְךָ֜֙H519 · a.mahmaidservant וּבְהֶמְתֶּ֔֗ךָH929 · be.he.mahanimal וְגֵרְךָ֖֙H1616 · gersojourner אֲשֶׁ֥֣רH834 · a.sherwhich בִּשְׁעָרֶֽ֔יךָ׃H8179 · sha.argate

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 5:14-15But 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 any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.Exodus 34:21Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.Exodus 16:27-28And it came to pass, [that] there went out [some] of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none.Numbers 15:32-36And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.Genesis 2:2-3And 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.Luke 23:56And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.Exodus 23:9-12Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.Deuteronomy 24:14-22Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant [that is] poor and needy, [whether he be] of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that [are] in thy land within thy gates:Exodus 31:13Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it [is] a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that [ye] may know that I [am] the LORD that doth sanctify you.Nehemiah 13:15-21In those days saw I in Judah [some] treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all [manner of] burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified [against them] in the day wherein they sold victuals.Nehemiah 10:31And [if] the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, [that] we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and [that] we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.Deuteronomy 16:11-12And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that [is] within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that [are] among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there.

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