Deuteronomy 5:13

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Six days you shall labor and do all your work,”

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BSBPD

“Six days you shall labor and do all your work,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“six days thou dost labour, and hast done all thy work,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Deuteronomy 5:13 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 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.
  2. Exodus 35:2For six days work may be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on that day must be put to death.
  3. Ezekiel 20:12I also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us, so that they would know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
  4. Luke 13:14But 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 the Sabbath.”
  5. Luke 23:56Then they returned to prepare spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath, according to the commandment.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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