Positive Commandment #87 of 613
Rest on the seventh day Sabbath
Commandment #87 — a positive obligation from Exodus 23:12, classified under Appointed Times in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"Six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you shall cease from labor so that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your female slave, as well as your stranger, may refresh themselves.”
— Exodus 23:12
Hebrew
יב שֵׁשֶׁת יָמִים תַּעֲשֶׂה מַעֲשֶׂיךָ, וּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי תִּשְׁבֹּת--לְמַעַן יָנוּחַ, שׁוֹרְךָ וַחֲמֹרֶךָ, וְיִנָּפֵשׁ בֶּן-אֲמָתְךָ, וְהַגֵּר.
Greek (Septuagint)
12 ἓξ ἡμέρας ποιήσεις τὰ ἔργα σου, τῇ δὲ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ἑβδόμῃ ἀνάπαυσις, ἵνα ἀναπαύσηται ὁ βοῦς σου καὶ τὸ ὑποζύγιόν σου, καὶ ἵνα ἀναψύξῃ ὁ υἱὸς τῆς παιδίσκης σου καὶ ὁ προσήλυτος. --
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Appointed Times
- Book
- exodus
- Chapter
- 23
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Mishpatim
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #85
- Mishneh Torah
- TimesShabbat
Related Commandments in “Appointed Times”
#88: Do not do prohibited labor on the seventh day Sabbath
Exodus 20:10
#89: The court must not inflict punishment on the Sabbath
Exodus 35:3
#90: Do not walk outside the city boundary on the Sabbath
Exodus 16:29
#91: Sanctify the Sabbath (in speech) from beginning to end
Exodus 20:8
#92: Do not do prohibited labor on the Day of Atonement
Leviticus 23:32
#93: Rest from prohibited labor on the Day of Atonement
Leviticus 23:32
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