the sabbath commandment are clear from its elaboration in the Decalogue. A comparison of the structure of the commandment in Exodus and Deuteronomy underscores the particularity of the Deuteronomic form even though they both share a common fundamental intention: to provide one day that is without work and is set aside to the Lord. The simple structure of the Exodus form (20:8–11) is as follows: Remember the creating work of God and the rest of God; from that memory you are to rest and sanctify a
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