Exodus 34:21

Exodus 34:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.
• New International Version (NIV)“Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even during the plowing season and harvest you must rest.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest. In plowing time and in harvest you shall rest.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest; in plowing time and in harvest you shall rest.

Context of Exodus 34:21

19The first offspring of every womb belongs to Me, including all the firstborn males among your livestock, whether cattle or sheep. 20You must redeem the firstborn of a donkey with a lamb; but if you do not redeem it, you are to break its neck. You must redeem all the firstborn of your sons. No one shall appear before Me empty-handed. Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even in the seasons of plowing and harvesting, you must rest. 22And you are to celebrate the Feast of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the turn of the year. 23Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.

Exodus 34:21 word by word

שֵׁ֤שֶׁת יָמִים֙ תַּעֲבֹ֔ד וּבַיּ֥וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֖י תִּשְׁבֹּ֑ת בֶּחָרִ֥ישׁ וּבַקָּצִ֖יר תִּשְׁבֹּֽת׃Read the interlinear

• Sixשֵׁשׁshêsh shishshâh · sixH8337
• daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• you shall laborעָבַד‛âbad · to serve: labourH5647
• but on the seventhשְׁבִיעִיshebîy‛îy shebi‛îy · seventhH7637
• you shall restשָׁבַתshâbath · to ceaseH7673
• even in the seasons of plowingחָרִישׁchârîysh · plowingH2758
• and harvestingקָצִירqâtsîyr · harvestH7105

Cross-references for Exodus 34:21

• Exodus 20:9Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
• Exodus 23:12For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be refreshed, as well as the foreign resident.
• Exodus 35:2For six days work may be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on that day must be put to death.
• Deuteronomy 5:12Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you.
• Luke 13:14But the synagogue leader was indignant that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath. “There are six days for work,” he told the crowd. “So come and be healed on those days and not on the Sabbath.”
• Luke 23:56Then they returned to prepare spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath, according to the commandment.
• Genesis 45:6For the famine has covered the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting.
• Deuteronomy 21:4bring the heifer to a valley with running water that has not been plowed or sown, and break its neck there by the stream.
• 1 Samuel 8:12He will appoint some for himself as commanders of thousands and of fifties, and others to plow his ground, to reap his harvest, and to make his weapons of war and equipment for his chariots.
• Isaiah 30:24The oxen and donkeys that work the ground will eat salted fodder, winnowed with shovel and pitchfork.

Commentaries on Exodus 34:21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21In earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest - This commandment is worthy of especial note; many break the Sabbath on the pretense of absolute necessity, because, if in harvest time the weather happens to be what is called bad, and the Sabbath day be fair and fine, they judge it perfectly lawful to employ that day in endeavoring to save the fruits of the field, and think that the goodness of the day beyond the preceding, is an indication from Providence…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12-27Verses 12-27 The precepts contained in these verses are, for the most part, identical in substance with some of those which follow the Ten Commandments and are recorded in “the Book of the covenant” (Exodus 24:7). Exodus 34:13 Cut down their groves - This is the first reference to what is commonly known as grove-worship. The original word for “grove” in this connection אשׁרה 'ăshêrāh is different from that so rendered in Genesis 21:33. Our translators…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-27Verses 18-27 Once a week they must rest, even in ploughing time, and in harvest. All worldly business must give way to that holy rest; even harvest work will prosper the better, for the religious observance of the sabbath day in harvest time. We must show that we prefer our communion with God, and our duty to him, before the business or the joy of harvest. Thrice a year they must appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel. Canaan was a desirable land…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-26Some of the terms of the covenant are restated, particularly those that prohibit the worship of other gods and that describe the proper worship of the Lord.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-268-26. Moses bowed ... and worshipped--In the East, people bow the head to royalty, and are silent when it passes by, while in the West, they take off their hats and shout.Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 34:21

• Agriculture
• Harvest
• Labor
• Rest
• Sabbath
• Sanitation

In the dictionaries

• Seventh, Day
• Abundant
• Commandment
• Cut
• Desire
• Earing
• Goodness
• Keep
• Longsuffering
• Merciful

Commentaries on Exodus 34

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings