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Deuteronomy 5 (The Ten Commandments)

The Two Testaments

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Deuteronomy 5: The Sabbath Commandment

In Exodus, the reason we keep the Sabbath is to pattern our work week after God's work week in Genesis 1. In Deuteronomy, it's grounded in their freedom from slavery. So he just literally swapped out the motivation for keeping the Sabbath commandment. He wants every Israelite to see themselves as having been rescued from that life of slavery.

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