EXODUS: The Lord God Gives the Law Regarding the Sabbaths; "Six years you shall sow your land and gather in its produce, but the seventh year you shall let it rest. Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest."

“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it." (Exodus 20:9-11)

The Lord God continued giving the laws that clarified the ten commandments originally given to Moses for the children of Israel. He concluded by giving further instruction regarding sabbaths, the seventh day or year.

“Six years you shall sow your land and gather in its produce, but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave, the beasts of the field may eat. In like manner you shall do with your vineyard and your olive grove. (Exodus 23:10-11)

Mainly, the poor of your people were the strangers, widows and orphans. Most of them did not own land, but had to work in someone else's fields in order to have food. The Lord God is always concerned with their well-being, and instructed the children of Israel, “You shall neither mistreat a stranger nor oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. You shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child. If you afflict them in any way, and they cry at all to Me, I will surely hear their cry; and My wrath will become hot, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless. (Exodus 22:21-24)

The Lord God makes provision for the poor by stating in the law that after the children of Israel harvest their lands for six years, the seventh year, they are to let the poor - the strangers, the widows, the orphans harvest, so that they could work to gather enough for themselves without having to work for the landowner at the same time. This was not a handout you by God, but rather a way for them to work for what they needed also, without having the additional burden of working for the landowner at the same time. 

Let this be a lesson to all of us, no matter what our situation in life, if we want something, anything, we have to work for it.  We should never expect others to give us something because we're poor or disadvantaged or are in a difficult situation.  As the Apostle Paul instructed Christians, For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat. For we hear that there are some who walk among you in a disorderly manner, not working at all, but are busybodies. Now those who are such we command and exhort through our Lord Jesus Christ that they work in quietness and eat their own bread. (II Thessalonians 3:10-12)

But we must also be mindful that those of us who have have to give those who don't have the opportunity to work for what they need. The Lord God instructed the land owner to let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave, the beasts of the field may eat. We can't get so caught up in getting and having more that we never give others the opportunity to get and have. As Cain asked the Lord God, "Am I my brother’s keeper?” (Genesis 4:9) The answer is, YES! Therefore, Trust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness. Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart. (Psalm 37:3-4)

"Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest, that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your female servant and the stranger may be refreshed. (Exodus 23:12) Christ Jesus taught, “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath." (Mark 2:27) Just as, the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished. And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made. (Genesis 2:1-3)

The children of Israel were laboring hard everyday, traveling from Egypt to the promised land of Canaan, laboring to build their nation. God, in His Omniscience, designated a day for everyone and everything to rest, so that they could be refreshed. We need to make sure we practice observing a Sabbath day also, because most of us are always on the go doing something, but we need to stop sometimes and just rest.

It doesn't matter which day, as the Apostle Paul taught, One person esteems one day above another; another esteems every day alike. Let each be fully convinced in his own mind. He who observes the day, observes it to the Lord; and he who does not observe the day, to the Lord he does not observe it. (Romans 14:5-6) The main thing is to give ourselves one day to rest from our normal routine and be refreshed.

“And in all that I have said to you, be circumspect and make no mention of the name of other gods, nor let it be heard from your mouth. (Exodus 23:13) As the children of Israel travel towards the promised land, they were going to come in contact with other nations that had religious practices similar to what they left in Egypt. When the Lord God sent the tenth and final plague in Egypt, He stated, "For I will pass through the land of Egypt on that night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the Lord." (Exodus 12:12)

He reiterated this in the first of the ten commandments, “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods before Me." (Exodus 20:2-3) There is only One True God, the Father and Creator of us all! No matter what society says, or spiritualist teach, there is only One JEHOVAH! All paths do not lead to God. God Himself said to the children of Israel, and He has not changed, but requires the same from each of us today, " Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine. And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation." (Exodus 19:5-6)

None of us of our own strength can obey God's voice perfectly and keep every covenant He commands, we can't remember most of them. That's why they only path the truly leads to God is Christ Jesus. Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." (John 14:6) He is the only One that knows all of God Word's and commandments because In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. ... And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. (John 1:1-2, 14)

Not only is Christ Jesus the Word and the Son of God, but He was also the Son of Man, and this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God, from that time waiting till His enemies are made His footstool. For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified. (Hebrews 10:12-14) Through faith in Christ Jesus, He has made us perfect, right with God and we are sanctified, set apart by Christ Jesus for God; therefore, we shall have no other gods before Him.