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Exodus 20

Ex. 20:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Remember
zakar (Hebrew #2142)
properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; also (as denominative from 2145) to be male
KJV usage: X burn (incense), X earnestly, be male, (make) mention (of), be mindful, recount, record(-er), remember, make to be remembered, bring (call, come, keep, put) to (in) remembrance, X still, think on, X well.
Pronounce: zaw-kar'
Origin: a primitive root
the sabbath
shabbath (Hebrew #7676)
intermission, i.e (specifically) the Sabbath
KJV usage: (+ every) sabbath.
Pronounce: shab-bawth'
Origin: intensive from 7673
day
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
, to keep it holy
qadash (Hebrew #6942)
to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)
KJV usage: appoint, bid, consecrate, dedicate, defile, hallow, (be, keep) holy(-er, place), keep, prepare, proclaim, purify, sanctify(-ied one, self), X wholly.
Pronounce: kaw-dash'
Origin: a primitive root
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Ex. 16:23‑30• 23{i}And he said to them, This is what Jehovah has said: Tomorrow is the rest, the holy Sabbath, of Jehovah: bake what ye will bake, and cook what ye will cook; and lay up for yourselves all that remains over, to be kept for the morning.{/i}
24{i}And they laid it up for the morning, as Moses had commanded; and it did not stink, neither was there any worm in it.{/i}
25{i}And Moses said, Eat it today; for today is Sabbath to Jehovah: today ye shall not find it in the field.{/i}
26{i}Six days shall ye gather it; but on the seventh day is Sabbath: on it there shall be none.{/i}
27{i}And it came to pass on the seventh day that there went out some from the people to gather it, and they found none.{/i}
28{i}And Jehovah said to Moses, How long do ye refuse to keep my commandments and my laws?{/i}
29{i}See, for Jehovah hath given you the Sabbath; therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread for two days. Abide every man in his place: let no man go from his place on the seventh day.{/i}
30{i}And the people rested on the seventh day.{/i}
(Ex. 16:23‑30)
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Ex. 31:13‑14• 13{i}And thou, speak thou unto the children of Israel, saying, Surely my Sabbaths shall ye keep; for this is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, that ye may know that it is I, Jehovah, who do hallow you.{/i}
14{i}Keep the Sabbath, therefore; for it is holy unto you; every one that profaneth it shall certainly be put to death: yea, whoever doeth work on it, that soul shall be cut off from among his peoples.{/i}
(Ex. 31:13‑14)
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Gen. 2:3• 3And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it; because that on it he had rested from all his work which God had created in making . (Gen. 2:3)
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Lev. 19:3• 3Ye shall reverence every man his mother, and his father, and ye shall keep my Sabbaths: I [am] Jehovah your God. (Lev. 19:3)
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Lev. 23:3• 3Six days shall work be done; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein; it is the Sabbath of Jehovah in all your dwellings. (Lev. 23:3)
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Isa. 56:4‑6• 4For thus saith Jehovah, Unto the eunuchs that keep my Sabbaths, and choose [the things] that please me, and hold fast by my covenant,
5unto them will I give in my house and within my walls a memorial and a name better than of sons and of daughters; I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.
6Also the sons of the stranger that join themselves to Jehovah, to minister unto him and to love the name of Jehovah, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the Sabbath from profaning it, and holdeth fast by my covenant—
(Isa. 56:4‑6)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Remember the sabbath day to hallow it.

W. Kelly Translation

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Remember the Sabbath day to hallow it.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)