Leaf473
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I'm inclined to agree with that. It would explain why the version in Deuteronomy has a different explanation to the Israelites of the Sabbath rest.I explain it this way;
The Decalogue, literally "Ten Words" or in modern-day English - "The Ten Commandments" are the table of contents, if you will, for the book of the law.
In other words, the entire book of the law could be placed one after another under one of the 10 commandments - all except two laws.
Love God and love your neighbor. Those two actually summarize the entire book of the law(and the table of contents - the Decalogue).
This is why Jesus' answer to the religious leaders was met with no rebuttal. Not to mention, it was a test question, and this did lead to Jesus' "woes" to them in the very next chapter(Mathew 23).
They knew the truth, but they rejected it because they wanted their own way of doing things.
So in regards to the Sabbath, 4th commandment, literally, on the tablet, it would have said "Sabbath" with the direct regard/intention of "remembrance".
God did not write the whole verses, about working 6 days, not working the seventh, on the actual tablets.
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