Exodus 20
1 And God spoke all these words:
And God said all these words:
2 “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
I am the Lord your God who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house.
3 You shall have no other gods before Me.
You are to have no other gods but me.
4 You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.
You are not to make an image or picture of anything in heaven or on the earth or in the waters under the earth:
5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
You may not go down on your faces before them or give them worship: for I, the Lord your God, am a God who will not give his honour to another; and I will send punishment on the children for the wrongdoing of their fathers, to the third and fourth generation of my haters;
6 but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.
And I will have mercy through a thousand generations on those who have love for me and keep my laws.
7 You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.
You are not to make use of the name of the Lord your God for an evil purpose; whoever takes the Lord's name on his lips for an evil purpose will be judged a sinner by the Lord
8 Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.
Keep in memory the Sabbath and let it be a holy day.
9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
On six days do all your work:
10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates.
But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; on that day you are to do no work, you or your son or your daughter, your man-servant or your woman-servant, your cattle or the man from a strange country who is living among you:
11 For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.
For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and the sea, and everything in them, and he took his rest on the seventh day: for this reason the Lord has given his blessing to the seventh day and made it holy.
12 Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
Give honour to your father and to your mother, so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
13 You shall not murder.
Do not put anyone to death without cause.
14 You shall not commit adultery.
Do not be false to the married relation.
15 You shall not steal.
Do not take the property of another.
16 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
Do not give false witness against your neighbour.
17 You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
Let not your desire be turned to your neighbour's house, or his wife or his man-servant or his woman-servant or his ox or his ass or anything which is his.
18 When all the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sounding of the ram’s horn, and the mountain enveloped in smoke, they trembled and stood at a distance.
And all the people were watching the thunderings and the flames and the sound of the horn and the mountain smoking; and when they saw it, they kept far off, shaking with fear.
19 “Speak to us yourself and we will listen,” they said to Moses. “But do not let God speak to us, or we will die.”
And they said to Moses, To your words we will give ear, but let not the voice of God come to our ears, for fear death may come on us.
20 “Do not be afraid,” Moses replied. “For God has come to test you, so that the fear of Him may be before you, to keep you from sinning.”
And Moses said to the people, Have no fear: for God has come to put you to the test, so that fearing him you may be kept from sin.
21 And the people stood at a distance as Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.
And the people kept their places far off, but Moses went near to the dark cloud where God was.
22 Then the LORD said to Moses, “This is what you are to tell the Israelites: ‘You have seen for yourselves that I have spoken to you from heaven.
And the Lord said to Moses, Say to the children of Israel, You yourselves have seen that my voice has come to you from heaven
23 You are not to make any gods alongside Me; you are not to make for yourselves gods of silver or gold.
Gods of silver and gods of gold you are not to make for yourselves.
24 You are to make for Me an altar of earth, and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and goats and cattle. In every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you.
Make for me an altar of earth, offering on it your burned offerings and your peace-offerings, your sheep and your oxen: in every place where I have put the memory of my name, I will come to you and give you my blessing.
25 Now if you make an altar of stones for Me, you must not build it with stones shaped by tools; for if you use a chisel on it, you will defile it.
And if you make me an altar of stone do not make it of cut stones: for the touch of an instrument will make it unclean.
26 And you must not go up to My altar on steps, lest your nakedness be exposed on it.’
And do not go up by steps to my altar, for fear that your bodies may be seen uncovered.
