# What's the first day of the week?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 25, 2010, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-day-of-the-week/551476 "2010-08-25T23:56:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-day-of-the-week/551476/43 "2010-08-26T16:38:05Z")

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> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#):
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> Obligatory link to the Straight Dope column: [Why do Christians worship on Sunday when the Bible says the Sabbath is on Saturday?](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1015/why-do-christians-worship-on-sunday-when-the-bible-says-the-sabbath-is-on-saturday)

> [@Cecil](#):
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> …they felt no obligation to worship on the same schedule that the Jews did.

Right. That’s all it is, a traditional schedule. Bookkeeping, you might say. There are seven possible six-and-one schedules that conform to the Biblical mandate. One has _very_ long standing among Jews, another merely very long standing among most Christians. The others were perhaps used sometimes by wanderers in the wilderness, or isolated communities, or round-the-world travelers who paid attention to sunsets.

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