Positive Commandment #91 of 613
Sanctify the Sabbath (in speech) from beginning to end
Commandment #91 — a positive obligation from Exodus 20:8, classified under Appointed Times in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.”
— Exodus 20:8
Hebrew
ז זָכוֹר אֶת-יוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת, לְקַדְּשׁוֹ.
Greek (Septuagint)
8 μνήσθητι τὴν ἡμέραν τῶν σαββάτων ἁγιάζειν αὐτήν.
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Appointed Times
- Book
- exodus
- Chapter
- 20
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Yitro
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #31
- Mishneh Torah
- TimesShabbat
Related Commandments in “Appointed Times”
#87: Rest on the seventh day Sabbath
Exodus 23:12
#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
#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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