20:1  Then God spoke all these words, saying,

20:2  "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

20:3  "You shall have no other gods before Me.

20:4  "You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth.

20:5  "You shall not worship them or 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 the fourth generations of those who hate Me,

20:6  but showing lovingkindness to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.

20:7  "You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave him unpunished who takes His name in vain.

20:8  "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

20:9  "Six days you shall labor and do all your work,

20:10  but the seventh day is a sabbath of the LORD your God; {in it} you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter, your male or your female servant or your cattle or your sojourner who stays with you.

20:11  "For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day and made it holy.

20:12  "Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the LORD your God gives you.

20:13  "You shall not murder.

20:14  "You shall not commit adultery.

20:15  "You shall not steal.

20:16  "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

20:17  "You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife or his male servant or his female servant or his ox or his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor."

20:18  All the people perceived the thunder and the lightning flashes and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw {it,} they trembled and stood at a distance.

20:19  Then they said to Moses, "Speak to us yourself and we will listen; but let not God speak to us, or we will die."

20:20  Moses said to the people, "Do not be afraid; for God has come in order to test you, and in order that the fear of Him may remain with you, so that you may not sin."

20:21  So the people stood at a distance, while Moses approached the thick cloud where God {was.}

20:22  Then the LORD said to Moses, "Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, `You yourselves have seen that I have spoken to you from heaven.

20:23  `You shall not make {other gods} besides Me; gods of silver or gods of gold, you shall not make for yourselves.

20:24  `You shall make an altar of earth for Me, and you shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen; in every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you.

20:25  `If you make an altar of stone for Me, you shall not build it of cut stones, for if you wield your tool on it, you will profane it.

20:26  `And you shall not go up by steps to My altar, so that your nakedness will not be exposed on it.'