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You shall remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God brought you out of there by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm. Therefore the LORD your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.
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Verse 15. Therefore. This is another reason why the Jews were to observe the sabbath with particular rigour. The institution of a day of rest every week, ( Bible.) was intended to preserve the memory of the creation. Calmet.—God also requires that his people should be grateful on this day for the rest which he had granted to them, ( Bible.) and preserve carefully all the monuments of the true religion. Calmet.
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