gives you bread for two days; remain every man of you in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day” (verses 28, 29). This wording gives the distinct impression that the Sabbath was already known to the Israelites. d.Exodus 20:8–11. Exodus 20 sets forth the Ten Commandments given by God to Moses at Sinai. In this law the fourth commandment specifies that work should be done six days and that the seventh day is to be observed as a day of rest. The basis for this injunction is that