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.' |