Bible Strands
Exodus 20:8
Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God addresses the assembly of Israel at Sinai, delivering the fourth of the ten statements that form the covenant framework.
The words — זָכֹר (zā·kōr) is the imperative "remember," the command's engine; לְקַדֵּשׁ (lĕ·qad·dēsh) is the purpose clause, "to set apart as holy," which defines what remembering means here.
The thread — Genesis 2:3 grounds the command in God's own act of sanctifying the seventh day; Leviticus 19:3 and 26:2 reissue it within the priestly code as a standing obligation.
Why it lands — The verse does not ask for a feeling or a ritual performance; it asks the reader to hold one day apart from the other six as a deliberate act of distinction.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Cross-references
- Leviticus 26:2 You must keep My Sabbaths and have reverence for My sanctuary. I am the LORD.
- Leviticus 19:3 Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.
- Genesis 2:3 Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished.
- Exodus 31:13 “Tell the Israelites, ‘Surely you must keep My Sabbaths, for this will be a sign between Me and you for the generations to come, so that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.
- Leviticus 23:3 For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a day of sacred assembly. You must not do any work; wherever you live, it is a Sabbath to the LORD.
- Leviticus 19:30 You must keep My Sabbaths and have reverence for My sanctuary. I am the LORD.
- Exodus 16:23 He told them, “This is what the LORD has said: ‘Tomorrow is to be a day of complete rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD. So bake what you want to bake, and boil what you want to boil. Then set aside whatever remains and keep it until morning.’”
- Exodus 23:12 For 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.
- Isaiah 56:4 For this is what the LORD says: “To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths, who choose what pleases Me and hold fast to My covenant—