Nehemiah 9:14
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New International Version (©2011)
You made known to them your holy Sabbath and gave them commands, decrees and laws through your servant Moses.

New Living Translation (©2007)
You instructed them concerning your holy Sabbath. And you commanded them, through Moses your servant, to obey all your commands, decrees, and instructions.

English Standard Version (©2001)
and you made known to them your holy Sabbath and commanded them commandments and statutes and a law by Moses your servant.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"So You made known to them Your holy sabbath, And laid down for them commandments, statutes and law, Through Your servant Moses.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
You revealed Your holy Sabbath to them, and gave them commands, statutes, and instruction through Your servant Moses.

International Standard Version (©2012)
You revealed to them your holy Sabbath, and you mandated precepts, statutes, and laws through Moses your servant.

NET Bible (©2006)
You made known to them your holy Sabbath; you issued commandments, statutes, and law to them through Moses your servant.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
You taught them about your holy day of worship. You gave them commandments, laws, and teachings through your servant Moses.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And made known unto them your holy sabbath, and commanded them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses your servant:

American King James Version
And made known to them your holy sabbath, and commanded them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses your servant:

American Standard Version
and madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them commandments, and statutes, and a law, by Moses thy servant,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou madest known to them thy holy sabbath, and didst prescribe to them commandments, and ceremonies, and the law by the hand of Moses thy servant.

Darby Bible Translation
And thou madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and prescribedst for them commandments and statutes and a law, through Moses thy servant.

English Revised Version
and madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them commandments, and statutes, and a law, by the hand of Moses thy servant:

Webster's Bible Translation
And madest known to them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:

World English Bible
and made known to them your holy Sabbath, and commanded them commandments, and statutes, and a law, by Moses your servant,

Young's Literal Translation
And Thy holy sabbath Thou hast made known to them, and commands, and statutes, and law, Thou hast commanded for them, by the hand of Moses Thy servant;

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

9:4-38 The summary of their prayers we have here upon record. Much more, no doubt, was said. Whatever ability we have to do any thing in the way of duty, we are to serve and glorify God according to the utmost of it. When confessing our sins, it is good to notice the mercies of God, that we may be the more humbled and ashamed. The dealings of the Lord showed his goodness and long-suffering, and the hardness of their hearts. The testimony of the prophets was the testimony of the Spirit in the prophets, and it was the Spirit of Christ in them. They spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost, and what they said is to be received accordingly. The result was, wonder at the Lord's mercies, and the feeling that sin had brought them to their present state, from which nothing but unmerited love could rescue them. And is not their conduct a specimen of human nature? Let us study the history of our land, and our own history. Let us recollect our advantages from childhood, and ask what were our first returns? Let us frequently do so, that we may be kept humble, thankful, and watchful. Let all remember that pride and obstinacy are sins which ruin the soul. But it is often as hard to persuade the broken-hearted to hope, as formerly it was to bring them to fear. Is this thy case? Behold this sweet promise, A God ready to pardon! Instead of keeping away from God under a sense of unworthiness, let us come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. He is a God ready to pardon.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 14. - Madest known unto them thy holy sabbath. The anterior existence of the sabbath to the law is here implied, which accords with Genesis 2:2, 3, and Exodus 20:11. Precepts, statutes, and laws. Rather a periphrasis for "the law" generally, than a logical division of the Law into distinct parts.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath,.... Which was not made known to others, and was peculiar to the Jewish nation, and a privilege granted to them, to have rest corporeal and spiritual, typical of the rest in Christ:

and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant; moral, ceremonial, and judicial, such as other nations had not, Deuteronomy 4:8.

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The People Confess Their Sins
…13You came down also on mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gave them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments: 14And made known to them your holy sabbath, and commanded them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses your servant: 15And gave them bread from heaven for their hunger, and brought forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promised them that they should go in to possess the land which you had sworn to give them. …

Exodus 16:23 He said to them, "This is what the LORD commanded: 'Tomorrow is to be a day of sabbath rest, a holy sabbath to the LORD. So bake what you want to bake and boil what you want to boil. Save whatever is left and keep it until morning.'"
Exodus 20:8 "Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.