🔥WEB · Exodus 20:10
What does Exodus 20:10 mean?
"but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God. You shall not do any work in it, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates;"
— Exodus 20:10 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
“You shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain, for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
You shall labor six days, and do all your work,
but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God. You shall not do any work in it, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates;
for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore Yahweh blessed the Sabbath day, and made it holy.
“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
“You shall not murder.
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Biblical perspective
What does 10:10 mean in the Bible?
John 10:10 is one of the most well-known verses in the New Testament — and it's genuinely worth reading whether or not you found it through a number search.
Jesus says "I have come that they may have life, and have it abundantly" — a direct statement about purpose, life, and the difference between what destroys and what gives life.
John 10:10
"The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly."
Psalm 10:17
"Yahweh, you have heard the desire of the humble. You will prepare their heart. You will cause your ear to hear."
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