Exodus 20:8-11

20:8. “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
20:9. Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
20:10. but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates.
20:11. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.
–NKJ

This is a very straightforward command that we are to follow. One that can be a real inconvenience in our busy society. The words in verse 8 says it all. Concerning the Sabbath, we are to do two things. Remember the day itself, and keep it holy, or honor it.

As humans we need plenty of rest. Each day is typically spent with a third of it sleeping. We are asked to give up ond, or one seventh of our week to rest.

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