The Meaning of Deuteronomy 5:12 Explained

Deuteronomy 5:12

KJV: Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee.

YLT: Observe the day of the sabbath -- to sanctify it, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee;

Darby: Keep the sabbath day to hallow it, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee.

ASV: Observe the sabbath day, to keep it holy, as Jehovah thy God commanded thee.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Keep  the sabbath  day  to sanctify  it, as the LORD  thy God  hath commanded  thee. 

What does Deuteronomy 5:12 Mean?

Context Summary

Deuteronomy 5:1-21 - The Decalogue Repeated
The Law of God is for "all Israel." None are exempt. "Not with our fathers" means not with them only; Moses also uses the expression because many of the references of the Decalogue were to the settled life of Canaan. "Face to face," not in dark visions, but clearly and lucidly, Job 4:12-13. Our "face-to-face" vision is yet to come, 1 Corinthians 13:12; Revelation 22:4. Notice in Deuteronomy 5:5 the ideal mediator, Galatians 3:19; 1 Timothy 2:5.
Every soul has two givings of the Law. First, we stand under Sinai to be judged, condemned, and shut up to Christ as our only hope; then we come to it a second time, asking that the Holy Spirit should write it in our hearts, and make us to walk in obedience to its precepts, Galatians 3:23; Romans 8:4.
Adolphe Monod, on his death-bed, said: "Sin has two divisions; the evil that we have done and the good that we have left undone. As to the first, there is not a single command that I have not transgressed in letter or spirit; as to the second, it weighs on me even more than the first." [source]

Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 5

1  The covenant in Horeb
6  The ten commandments
23  At the people's request Moses receives the law from God

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 5:12 mean?

Observe - day the Sabbath to keep it holy as commanded you Yahweh your God
שָׁמ֣֛וֹר אֶת־ י֥וֹם֩ הַשַׁבָּ֖֨ת‪‬‪‬ לְקַדְּשׁ֑֜וֹ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוְּךָ֖֣ ׀ יְהוָ֥֣ה אֱלֹהֶֽ֗יךָ‪‬

שָׁמ֣֛וֹר  Observe 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Infinitive absolute
Root: שָׁמַר  
Sense: to keep, guard, observe, give heed.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
י֥וֹם֩  day 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
הַשַׁבָּ֖֨ת‪‬‪‬  the  Sabbath 
Parse: Article, Noun, common singular
Root: שַׁבָּת  
Sense: Sabbath.
לְקַדְּשׁ֑֜וֹ  to  keep  it  holy 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Piel, Infinitive construct, third person masculine singular
Root: קָדַשׁ  
Sense: to consecrate, sanctify, prepare, dedicate, be hallowed, be holy, be sanctified, be separate.
צִוְּךָ֖֣ ׀  commanded  you 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, third person masculine singular, second person masculine singular
Root: צָוָה  
Sense: to command, charge, give orders, lay charge, give charge to, order.
יְהוָ֥֣ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
אֱלֹהֶֽ֗יךָ‪‬  your  God 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine singular
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).

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