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Exodus 20:8-11

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6And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.Select Exodus 20:6

7Thou 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.Select Exodus 20:7

8Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.Select Exodus 20:8

9Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:Select Exodus 20:9

10But 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:Select Exodus 20:10

11For 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.Select Exodus 20:11

12Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.Select Exodus 20:12

13Thou shalt not kill.Select Exodus 20:13

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WEB

20:8 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.

20:9 You shall labor six days, and do all your work,

20:10 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;

20:11 for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore Yahweh blessed the Sabbath day, and made it holy.

ASV

20:8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

20:9 Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work;

20:10 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:

20:11 for in six days Jehovah made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore Jehovah blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

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