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Sabbath
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The concept of the Sabbath is most directly derived from the Fourth Commandment in the Decalogue, recorded in the Book of Exodus ($\text{Exodus 20:8–11}$) and Deuteronomy ($\text{Deuteronomy 5:12–15}$). In the creation narrative, God completes the work of creation in six days and sanctifies the seventh by resting ($\text{Genesis 2:2–3}$). This narrative establishes the Sabbath not merely as a cultural marker b…