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12 You are to do your work for six days, but on the seventh day you are to refrain from work so that your ox and donkey[a] may rest, and so the son of your maidservant and the alien may be refreshed.

13 “Be careful about everything I’ve told you, and don’t mention the name of other gods. Don’t let them be heard in your mouth!”

The Three Major Festivals

14 “Three times a year you are to celebrate a festival for me.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 23:12 Lit. your donkey

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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