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Deuteronomy commands rest on the seventh day and extends rest to servants and sojourners Deuteronomy 5:14. It gives a stated motive: remembering Israel’s slavery in Egypt and the LORD’s deliverance Deuteronomy 5:15. The Sabbath is presented as a weekly rhythm tied to redemption memory.
12"Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as Yahweh your God commanded you.
13Six days shall you labor, and do all your work;
14but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God: [in it] you shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your man-servant, nor your maid-servant, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates; that your man-servant and your maid-servant may rest as well as you.
15You shall remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and Yahweh your God brought you out of there by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm: therefore Yahweh your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.