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12 “Work six days only, and rest the seventh; this is to give your oxen and donkeys a rest, as well as the people of your household—your slaves and visitors.

13 “Be sure to obey all of these instructions; and remember—never mention the name of any other god.[a]

14 “There are three annual religious pilgrimages you must make.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 23:13 never mention the name of any other god, in prayer or in taking an oath.
  2. Exodus 23:14 pilgrimages you must make, or “feasts you must celebrate.”

12 “Six days do your work,(A) but on the seventh day do not work, so that your ox and your donkey may rest, and so that the slave born in your household and the foreigner living among you may be refreshed.(B)

13 “Be careful(C) to do everything I have said to you. Do not invoke the names of other gods;(D) do not let them be heard on your lips.(E)

The Three Annual Festivals

14 “Three times(F) a year you are to celebrate a festival to me.

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