Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day [is] the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work [therein]: it [is] the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
On travaillera six jours; mais le septième jour est le sabbat, le jour du repos: il y aura une sainte convocation. Vous ne ferez aucun ouvrage: c'est le sabbat de l'Eternel, dans toutes vos demeures.
KJV
Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day [is] the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work [therein]: it [is] the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
( Ex. 20:11 ), "On the seventh day . . . thou shalt do no work." The kind of work meant appears from Lev. 23:3, "You shall do no servile work on that day [*Vulg.: 'You shall do no work on that day']." Now servile work is so called from servitude: and servitude is threefold. One,…
Thomas Aquinas
Catena Aurea - Gospel of Matthew
only evil deeds from which we ought to rest. As it is said, “Ye shall do no servile work therein,” [ Lev 23:3 ] that is, no sin. Thus in the everlasting rest, we shall rest only from evil, and not from good. Aug., De Cons. Ev., ii, 35: After this comparison concerning the sheep,…
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 202 (Migne)
: Omne opus non facietis in eo: Sabbatum [Col. 0961C] Domini est in cunctis habitationibus vestris (Lev. XXIII, 3) . Prima dies est conversionis, secunda confessionis, tertia professionis, quarta mortificationis, quinta devotionis, sexta orationis, septima vocationis, sive conte…
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