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Exodus 20:9

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20:9 For six days 1  you may labor 2  and do all your work, 3 

1 tn The text has simply “six days,” but this is an adverbial accusative of time, answering how long they were to work (GKC 374 §118.k).

2 tn The imperfect tense has traditionally been rendered as a commandment, “you will labor.” But the point of this commandment is the prohibition of work on the seventh day. The permission nuance of the imperfect works well here.

3 tn This is the occupation, or business of the work week.



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