Abstract
Exodus 20:11 refers to the six-day creation as the reason for remembering to keep the Sabbath-day holy. This is reiterated in Exodus 31 where the fourth commandment is restated in verses 13-17. In both cases, the entire fourth commandment, including the reference to the six-day creation is attributed to God who is said to have both spoken the words and then written them on tables of stone.