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Deuteronomy 5:14

in Deuteronomy 5

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.

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

4 notes on this verse
Nor 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

Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy

on Deuteronomy 5:12-14

Exodus 20:8 has "Remember the Sabbath day," while this account has "Observe" and adds "as the LORD your God has commanded you." Exodus lacks that clause, and verse 14 closes with another it lacks, "so that your manservant and maidservant may rest as you do."

This site's exposition

may rest as you do

The command is addressed to the head of the household, and each one on the list depends on him to be given rest. The list runs from son and daughter to the foreigner within your gates.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

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.
Ramban: Spain, 1194–1270 · Ramban on Deuteronomy 5:14:1, via Sefaria, Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976
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.
Ramban: Spain, 1194–1270 · Ramban on Deuteronomy 5:15:1, via Sefaria, Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

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 words

Every 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.

  • 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.

Related verses

13 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Mark 2:27Then Jesus declared, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.15 worksGenesis 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.11 worksHebrews 4:4For somewhere He has spoken about the seventh day in this manner: “And on the seventh day God rested from all His works.”6 worksExodus 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 refreshed, as well as the foreign resident.3 worksExodus 16:29–30Understand that the LORD has given you the Sabbath; that is why on the sixth day He will give you bread for two days. On the seventh day, everyone must stay where he is; no one may leave his place.”3 works1 Corinthians 9:9For it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” Is it about oxen that God is concerned?3 works
The other 7 cross-references, with their words ▾
Nehemiah 13:21but I warned them, “Why are you camping in front of the wall? If you do it again, I will lay hands on you.” From that time on, they did not return on the Sabbath.2 worksNehemiah 5:5We and our children are just like our countrymen and their children, yet we are subjecting our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, but we are powerless to redeem them because our fields and vineyards belong to others.”2 worksDeuteronomy 29:11your children and wives, and the foreigners in your camps who cut your wood and draw your water—2 worksLuke 23:56Then they returned to prepare spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath, according to the commandment.2 worksLeviticus 25:44–46Your menservants and maidservants shall come from the nations around you, from whom you may purchase them.1 worksNehemiah 13:15In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them against selling food on that day.1 worksNehemiah 13:16Additionally, men of Tyre who lived there were importing fish and all kinds of merchandise and selling them on the Sabbath to the people of Judah in Jerusalem.1 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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 2:2

    And 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.”

  • Through

    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.”

    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.

  • Through

    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…

    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…

Where this verse is studied

About Deuteronomy

Moses Viewing the Promised Land, Frederic Edwin Church, 1846. Public domain.
Moses Viewing the Promised Land, Frederic Edwin Church, 1846. Public domain.
Deuteronomy: the study guide →Read Deuteronomy 5 →

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.

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