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1 God spoke all these words, saying, 2 “I am
Jehovah 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, Jehovah 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 take the name of Jehovah your
God in vain, for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in
vain.
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 Jehovah 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 Jehovah
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh
day; therefore Jehovah 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 Jehovah 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 Jehovah 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 alongside of me gods
of silver, or gods of gold for yourselves. 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.’
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