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Exodus 20:11 KJV
Exodus · chapter 20 · verse 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.Exodus 20:11 · King James Version
Exodus 20:11 in context
9Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
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:
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.
12Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
13Thou shalt not kill.
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Key words (Strong's)
- seventhshᵉbîyʻîyseventhH7637 →
- blessedbârakto kneelH1288 →
- heavenshâmayimthe sky (as aloftH8064 →
- restednûwachto restH5117 →
- earthʼeretsthe earthH776 →
- daysyôwma day , whether literal , or figurativeH3117 →
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Here is, I. The preface of the law-writer, Moses: God spoke all these words, Exo 20:1. The law of the ten commandments is, 1. A law of God's making. They are enjoined by the infinite eternal Majesty of heaven and earth. And where the word of the King of kings is surely there is power. 2.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-11