Negative Commandment #88 of 613
Do not do prohibited labor on the seventh day Sabbath
Commandment #88 — a prohibition from Exodus 20:10, classified under Appointed Times in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“but the seventh day is a sabbath of the LORD your God; in it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter, your male or your female servant or your cattle or your sojourner who stays with you.”
— Exodus 20:10
Hebrew
ט וְיוֹם, הַשְּׁבִיעִי--שַׁבָּת, לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ: לֹא-תַעֲשֶׂה כָל-מְלָאכָה אַתָּה וּבִנְךָ וּבִתֶּךָ, עַבְדְּךָ וַאֲמָתְךָ וּבְהֶמְתֶּךָ, וְגֵרְךָ, אֲשֶׁר בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ.
Greek (Septuagint)
10 τῇ δὲ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ἑβδόμῃ σάββατα κυρίῳ τῷ θεῷ σου· οὐ ποιήσεις ἐν αὐτῇ πᾶν ἔργον, σὺ καὶ ὁ υἱός σου καὶ ἡ θυγάτηρ σου, ὁ παῖς σου καὶ ἡ παιδίσκη σου, ὁ βοῦς σου καὶ τὸ ὑποζύγιόν σου καὶ πᾶν κτῆνός σου καὶ ὁ προσήλυτος ὁ παροικῶν ἐν σοί.
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Appointed Times
- Book
- exodus
- Chapter
- 20
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Yitro
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #32
- Mishneh Torah
- TimesShabbat
Related Commandments in “Appointed Times”
#87: Rest on the seventh day Sabbath
Exodus 23:12
#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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