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1 Moses
called to all
Israel, and said
to them, “Hear,
Israel, the
statutes and the
ordinances which I
speak in your ears
today, that you
may learn them,
and observe to
do them.”
2 The
LORD our God
made a covenant
with us in Horeb.
3 The
LORD didn’t make
this covenant with
our fathers, but
with us, even
us, who are
all of us
here alive today.
4 The
LORD spoke with
you face to
face on the
mountain out of
the middle of
the fire,
5 (I
stood between the
LORD and you
at that time,
to show you
the LORD’s word;
for you were
afraid because of
the fire, and didn’t
go up onto the
mountain) saying,
6 “I
am the LORD
your God, who
brought you out
of the land of
Egypt, out of
the house of
bondage.
7 “You
shall have no other
gods before me.
8 “You
shall not make
a carved image
for yourself—any
likeness of what
is in heaven
above, or what
is in the
earth beneath, or
that is in
the water under
the earth.
9 You
shall not bow
yourself down to
them, nor serve
them, for I,
the LORD your
God, am a
jealous God,
visiting the
iniquity of
the fathers on the
children and on
the third and
on the fourth
generation of
those who hate
me
10 and
showing loving kindness
to thousands of
those who love
me and keep
my commandments.
11 “You
shall not misuse
the name of
the LORD
your God;
for the LORD
will not hold him
guiltless who misuses
his name.
12 “Observe
the Sabbath day,
to keep it
holy, as the
LORD your God
commanded you.
13 You
shall labor six
days, and do
all your work;
14 but
the seventh day
is a Sabbath
to the LORD
your God, in
which you shall
not do any
work—neither you,
nor your son,
nor your daughter,
nor your male
servant, nor your
female servant,
nor your ox,
nor your donkey,
nor any of
your livestock, nor
your stranger who
is within your
gates; that your
male servant and
your female
servant may rest
as well as you.
15 You
shall remember
that you were
a servant in
the land of Egypt,
and the LORD
your God brought
you out of
there by a
mighty hand and
by an outstretched
arm. Therefore the
LORD your God
commanded you to
keep the Sabbath
day.
16 “Honor
your father and
your mother, as
the LORD your
God commanded you,
that your days
may be long
and that it
may go well
with you in
the land which the
LORD your God
gives you.
17 “You
shall not murder.
18 “You
shall not commit
adultery.
19 “You
shall not steal.
20 “You
shall not give
false testimony
against your
neighbor.
21 “You
shall not covet
your neighbor’s wife.
Neither shall you
desire your
neighbor’s house,
his field, or
his male servant,
or his female
servant, his ox,
or his donkey,
or anything that
is your
neighbor’s.”
22 The
LORD spoke these
words to all
your assembly on
the mountain out
of the middle
of the fire, of
the cloud, and
of the thick
darkness, with a
great voice. He
added no more.
He wrote them
on two stone
tablets, and gave
them to me.
23 When
you heard the
voice out of
the middle of
the darkness,
while the mountain
was burning
with fire, you
came near to
me, even all the
heads of your
tribes, and your
elders;
24 and
you said, “Behold,
the LORD our
God has shown
us his glory
and his greatness,
and we have
heard his voice
out of the
middle of the fire.
We have seen
today that God
does speak with
man, and he
lives.
25 Now
therefore, why
should we die?
For this great fire
will consume us.
If we hear
the LORD our
God’s voice any
more, then we
shall die.
26 For
who is there
of all flesh
who has heard
the voice of
the living God
speaking out of
the middle of
the fire, as we
have, and lived?
27 Go
near, and hear
all that the
LORD our God
shall say, and
tell us all
that the LORD
our God tells
you; and we
will hear it,
and do it.”
28 The
LORD heard the
voice of your
words when you
spoke to me;
and the LORD
said to me, “I
have heard the
voice of the
words of this
people which they
have spoken to
you. They have
well said all
that they have
spoken.
29 Oh
that there were
such a heart
in them that
they would fear
me and keep
all my
commandments always,
that it might
be well with
them and with
their children
forever!
30 “Go tell
them, ‘Return to
your tents.’
31 But
as for you,
stand here by
me, and I
will tell you
all the
commandments, and
the statutes, and
the ordinances,
which you shall
teach them, that
they may do
them in the land
which I give
them to possess.”
32 You
shall observe to
do therefore as
the LORD your
God has commanded
you. You shall
not turn away
to the right
hand or to
the left.
33 You
shall walk in
all the way
which the LORD
your God has
commanded you,
that you may
live and that
it may be
well with you,
and that you
may prolong your
days in the land
which you shall
possess.