Deuteronomy 5:14
in Deuteronomy 5but 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.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
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, nor thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy man-servant and thy maid-servant may rest as well as thou.
KJV
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, 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.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 5
Commentary
3 notes on this verseNor thine ox, nor thine ass,.... In Exo 20:10, it is only in general said: nor thy cattle: here by way of illustration and explanation the ox and the ass are particularly mentioned; the one being used in ploughing ground, and treading out the corn, and the other in carrying burdens; and it is added: nor any of thy cattle; as their camels, or whatever else they were wont to use in any kind of service; they were none of them to do any kind of work on the sabbath day.
This site's exposition
Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it
on Deuteronomy 5:12-14
Exodus 20:8 reads remember the sabbath day, and this account reads keep it, with the clause as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee added. That clause falls twice in this chapter, here and at verse 16 on the honouring of parents, and in neither place in Exodus 20; John Gill takes it as pointing back to an obligation Israel already knew, and cites the manna at Exodus 16:23. Verse 14 also lengthens the household list, naming the ox and the ass where Exodus 20:10 said cattle, and it closes with a clause Exodus does not carry, that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
that thy man-servant and thy maid-servant may rest as well as thou--This is a different reason for the observance of the Sabbath from what is assigned in Ex 20:8-11, where that day is stated to be an appointed memorial of the creation.
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How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
He added here [in the commandment on the Sabbath] stating nor thine ox, nor thine ass. Verse.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
The meaning thereof is that He commanded you to do so [give rest to the servant] on the Sabbath-day. So did Rabbi Abraham ibn Ezra explain it.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
26 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְי֙וֹם֙ | veyom | and [the] day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַשְּׁבִיעִ֜֔י | hashevii | <the> seventh | H7637 → | 98 times |
| שַׁבָּ֖֣ת׀ | shabat | [is] a sabbath | H7676 → | 110 times |
| לַיהוָ֣֥ה | layahweh | to Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֶ֑֗יךָ | ʾeloheikha | God your | H430 → | 2601 times |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תַעֲשֶׂ֣ה | taaseh | you must do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| כָל־ | khol- | any | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| מְלָאכָ֡ה | melakhah | work | H4399 → | 167 times |
| אַתָּ֣ה | ʾatah | you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| וּבִנְךָֽ־ | uvinkha- | and son your | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| וּבִתֶּ֣ךָ | uvitekha | and daughter your | H1323 → | 588 times |
| וְעַבְדְּךָֽ־ | veavdekha- | and [male] servant your | H5650 → | 799 times |
| וַ֠אֲמָתֶךָ | vaamatekha | and female servant your | H519 → | 56 times |
| וְשׁוֹרְךָ֨ | veshorkha | and ox your | H7794 → | 79 times |
| וַחֲמֹֽרְךָ֜ | vachamorekha | and donkey your | H2543 → | 96 times |
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| בְּהֶמְתֶּ֗ךָ | behemtekha | livestock your | H929 → | 190 times |
| וְגֵֽרְךָ֙ | vegerekha | and sojourner your | H1616 → | 92 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| בִּשְׁעָרֶ֔יךָ | bishareikha | [is] in gates your | H8179 → | 374 times |
| לְמַ֗עַן | lemaan | so that | H4616 → | 272 times |
| יָנ֛וּחַ | yanuach | he may rest | H5117 → | 142 times |
| עַבְדְּךָ֥ | ʾavdekha | [male] servant your | H5650 → | 799 times |
| וַאֲמָתְךָ֖ | vaamatekha | and female servant your | H519 → | 56 times |
| כָּמֽ֑וֹךָ׃ | kamokha | like you | H3644 → | 143 times |
וְי֙וֹם֙and [the] day
veyomH3117 →2304 times
הַשְּׁבִיעִ֜֔י<the> seventh
hasheviiH7637 →98 times
שַׁבָּ֖֣ת׀[is] a sabbath
shabatH7676 →110 times
לַיהוָ֣֥הto Yahweh
layahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֶ֑֗יךָGod your
ʾeloheikhaH430 →2601 times
לֹ֣אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
תַעֲשֶׂ֣הyou must do
taasehH6213 →2628 times
כָל־any
khol-H3605 →5413 times
מְלָאכָ֡הwork
melakhahH4399 →167 times
אַתָּ֣הyou
ʾatahH859 →1094 times
וּבִנְךָֽ־and son your
uvinkha-H1121 →4930 times
וּבִתֶּ֣ךָand daughter your
uvitekhaH1323 →588 times
וְעַבְדְּךָֽ־and [male] servant your
veavdekha-H5650 →799 times
וַ֠אֲמָתֶךָand female servant your
vaamatekhaH519 →56 times
וְשׁוֹרְךָ֨and ox your
veshorkhaH7794 →79 times
וַחֲמֹֽרְךָ֜and donkey your
vachamorekhaH2543 →96 times
וְכָל־and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
בְּהֶמְתֶּ֗ךָlivestock your
behemtekhaH929 →190 times
וְגֵֽרְךָ֙and sojourner your
vegerekhaH1616 →92 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwho
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
בִּשְׁעָרֶ֔יךָ[is] in gates your
bishareikhaH8179 →374 times
לְמַ֗עַןso that
lemaanH4616 →272 times
יָנ֛וּחַhe may rest
yanuachH5117 →142 times
עַבְדְּךָ֥[male] servant your
ʾavdekhaH5650 →799 times
וַאֲמָתְךָ֖and female servant your
vaamatekhaH519 →56 times
כָּמֽ֑וֹךָ׃like you
kamokhaH3644 →143 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Genesis 2:2And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.
it leads to
- Exodus 31:17
It is a sign between Me and the Israelites forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, but on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.’”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Hebrews 4:4
For somewhere He has spoken about the seventh day in this manner: “And on the seventh day God rested from all His works.”
- Exodus 20:8–11
Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Exodus 23:12
For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be…
- John 5:17
But Jesus answered them, “To this very day My Father is at His work, and I too am working.”
- Exodus 31:17
Through
Hebrews 4:4For somewhere He has spoken about the seventh day in this manner: “And on the seventh day God rested from all His works.”
it leads to
- 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…
- Genesis 2:1–2
Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.
- Exodus 20:11
Through
Exodus 23:12For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be…
it leads to
- Luke 13:14
But the synagogue leader was indignant that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath. “There are six days for work,” he told the crowd. “So come and be healed on those days and not on…
- Luke 13:14
About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.