Exodus 20:8-10
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8 (A) Remember that the Sabbath Day belongs to me. 9 (B) You have six days when you can do your work, 10 but the seventh day of each week belongs to me, your God. No one is to work on that day—not you, your children, your slaves, your animals, or the foreigners who live in your towns.
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Deuteronomy 5:12-14
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12 (A) Show respect for the Sabbath Day—it belongs to me. 13 (B) You have six days when you can do your work, 14 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.
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Jeremiah 17:21-24
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21-24 (A) If you value your lives, don't do any work on the Sabbath. Don't carry anything through the city gates or through the door of your house, or anywhere else. Keep the Sabbath day sacred!
I gave this command to your ancestors, but they were stubborn and refused to obey or to be corrected. But if you obey,
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