Relevant Verses: Exod. 16:16-18; 20:8-11; Deut. 5:12-15

Leading Question: How can we transform the Sabbath from a day which tells us what we can’t do, to a day that liberates us?

Comment: In some ways, the Deuteronomic version of the Sabbath command is more focused on the needs of “the least of these” than the one in Exodus. In Deuteronomy, as noted by Evangelical author, Chris Wright, “The fourth command is the only commandment to have a specific purpose (as distinct from a motivation) attached, which is ‘so that your manservant and your maidservant may rest as you do’ (Deut. 5:14). ...