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1 God
spoke all these
words, saying,
2 “I
am the LORD
your God, who
brought you out
of the land of
Egypt, out of
the house of
bondage.
3 “You
shall have no other
gods before me.
4 “You
shall not make
for yourselves an
idol, nor any
image of anything
that is in
the heavens above,
or that is
in the earth
beneath, or that
is in the
water under the
earth:
5 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, on the
third and on
the fourth
generation of
those who hate
me,
6 and
showing loving kindness
to thousands of
those who love
me and keep
my commandments.
7 “You
shall not misuse
the name of
the LORD
your God,
for the LORD
will not hold him
guiltless who misuses
his name.
8 “Remember
the Sabbath day,
to keep it
holy.
9 You
shall labor six
days, and do
all your work,
10 but
the seventh day
is a Sabbath
to the LORD
your God. You
shall not do
any work in
it, you, nor
your son, nor
your daughter,
your male servant,
nor your female
servant, nor
your livestock, nor
your stranger who
is within your
gates;
11 for
in six days
the LORD made
heaven and earth,
the sea, and
all that is
in them, and
rested the seventh
day; therefore the
LORD blessed the
Sabbath day, and
made it holy.
12 “Honor
your father and
your mother, that
your days may
be long in
the land which the
LORD your God
gives you.
13 “You
shall not murder.
14 “You
shall not commit
adultery.
15 “You
shall not steal.
16 “You
shall not give
false testimony
against your
neighbor.
17 “You
shall not covet
your neighbor’s
house. You shall
not covet your
neighbor’s wife, nor
his male servant,
nor his female
servant, nor his
ox, nor his
donkey, nor
anything that is
your neighbor’s.”
18 All
the people
perceived the
thunderings, the
lightnings, the
sound of the
trumpet, and the
mountain smoking.
When the people
saw it, they
trembled, and
stayed at a
distance.
19 They
said to Moses, “Speak
with us yourself,
and we will
listen; but don’t let God
speak with us,
lest we die.”
20 Moses said
to the people,
“Don’t be afraid,
for God has come
to test you,
and that his
fear may be
before you, that
you won’t sin.”
21 The
people stayed at
a distance, and
Moses came near
to the thick
darkness where God
was.
22 The
LORD said to
Moses, “This is
what you shall
tell the children
of Israel: ‘You
yourselves have
seen that I
have talked with
you from heaven.
23 You
shall most certainly
not make gods of
silver or gods of
gold for yourselves
to be alongside me.
24 You
shall make an
altar of earth for
me, and shall
sacrifice on it
your burnt
offerings and your
peace offerings,
your sheep and
your cattle. In
every place where
I record my
name I will
come to you
and I will
bless you.
25 If
you make me
an altar of
stone, you shall
not build it
of cut stones;
for if you lift
up your tool
on it, you
have polluted it.
26 You
shall not go
up by steps
to my altar,
that your
nakedness may not
be exposed to
it.’